List of The Thinker sculptures

This is a list of The Thinker sculptures made by Auguste Rodin. The Thinker, originally a part of Rodin's The Gates of Hell, exists in several versions. The original size and the later monumental size versions were both created by Rodin, and the most valuable versions are those created under his supervision. There was also a limited edition of 25 copies made from the original plaster mold by the Musée Rodin after Rodin's death.

The Thinker exists as bronze casts, exhibition plaster casts (some were painted to look like bronze patina), and original production plasters, which some consider art objects today.

Copies of The Thinker made during Rodin's lifetime

Later casts

Europe

• France
  • Saint-Paul de Vence
• Germany
  • Alte Nationalgalerie, Berlin
  • Sächsisches Landesgymnasium Sankt Afra zu Meißen, Meissen
  • Kunsthalle Bielefeld, Bielefeld
• Netherlands
  • Apollolaan, in front of the Amsterdam Hilton Hotel
  • Singer Laren, Laren (badly damaged by thieves in 2007; restored and re-exhibited in 2010)
• Norway
  • National Gallery of Norway, Oslo
• Russia
  • Pushkin Museum of Fine Arts, Moscow
• Serbia
  • University of Arts, Belgrade
• Switzerland
  • Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich
• Turkey
  • Bakırköy Psychiatric Hospital, Istanbul
• United Kingdom
  • Burrell Collection (Pollok House), Glasgow, Scotland
• Vatican City
  • Vatican Museums, Collection of Modern Religious Art

North America

• Canada
  • Montreal Museum of Fine Art, Montreal
  • Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
  • MacLaren Art Centre, Barrie
• Mexico
  • Museo Soumaya, Mexico City
• Costa Rica
  • Compañía Nacional de la Danza
• United States
  • Cantor Fitzgerald offices in World Trade Center, New York City (survived the September 11 attacks; missing afterwards)
  • Columbia University, New York City
  • Maryhill Museum of Art, Goldendale
  • Bal Harbour Shops, Miami
  • Martin Lawrence Gallery, Las Vegas
  • University of Louisville, Louisville
  • Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore
  • Rodin Museum, Philadelphia
  • Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art, Kansas City
  • Norton Simon Museum, Pasadena
  • North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh
  • Iris & B. Gerald Cantor Center for Visual Arts, Stanford University, Stanford
  • Bodies: The Exhibition, originally Tampa (travelling; a recreation made from a plastinated human corpse posed like the original sculpture)
• Detroit Institute of Arts, Detroit, Michigan

South America

• Argentina
  • Museum of Modern Art, Buenos Aires
• Brazil
  • Ricardo Brennand Institute, Recife
  • Lily Marinho collection, Rio de Janeiro
• Chile
  • Borde Costero, Viña del Mar

Asia

• China
  • China Central Academy of Fine Arts library, Beijing
  • Guangzhou Opera House, Guangzhou
  • Shanghai Library, Shanghai
  • Changchun World Sculpture Park, Changchun
• India
  • Sri Venkateswara University, Tirupati
  • Thinkers Park at Jawaharlal Institute of Postgraduate Medical Education and Research, Pondicherry
  • Nalsar University of Law, Shamirpet
• Indonesia
  • Kolese Kanisius, Jakarta
• Israel
  • RAD Data Communications, Tel Aviv
• Japan
  • The National Museum of Western Art, Tokyo
  • Kyoto National Museum, Kyoto
  • Shizuoka Prefectural Museum of Art, Shizuoka
• Singapore
  • OUE Bayfront, Marina Bay
  • Resorts World Sentosa, Sentosa Island
• South Korea
  • Beartree Park, Sejong City
• Taiwan
  • Chimei Museum, Tainan
  • Asia University, Taichung
  • National Tsing Hua University, Hsinchu
• Vietnam
  • FPT University, Danang campus
  • FPT University, Cantho campus
  • FPT University, Quynhon campus

See also

• List of sculptures by Auguste Rodin

References

External links

• The Thinker project, Munich. Discussion of the history of the many casts of this artwork.
• Rodin: The B. Gerald Cantor Collection, a full text exhibition catalog from The Metropolitan Museum of Art, which contains material on The Thinker