Thought

Gallery 252, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Toll Gallery)

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Thought

Modeled 1895; carved 1900-1901

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) Carved by Camille Raynaud (French, 1868– after 1931)

Rodin used the sculptor Camille Claudel, his student and lover, as the model for this personification of thought.

Gallery 252, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Toll Gallery)

Object Details

Titles:

Thought

Date:

Modeled 1895; carved 1900-1901

Artists:

Auguste Rodin (French, 1840–1917) Carved by Camille Raynaud (French, 1868– after 1931)

Medium:

Marble

Dimensions:

29 1/8 × 17 1/16 × 18 1/8 inches, 485 lb. (74 × 43.4 × 46.1 cm, 219.99 kg)

Classification:

Sculpture

Credit Line:

John G. Johnson Collection, 1917

Accession Number:

Cat. 1148

Geography:

Made in France, Europe

Provenance

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Gallery 252, European Art 1850-1900, second floor (Toll Gallery)

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