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The Thinker

Date: 1904
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: 200.7 x 130.2 x 140.3 cm (79 x 51 1/4 x 55 1/4 in.) weight approximately 2,000 lbs Granite base weight 12,000 lbs
Department: European Sculpture and Dec Arts
Classification: Sculpture
Credit: Gift of Horace H. Rackham
Accession No.: 22.143
Provenance: Dr. and Mrs. M. Linde, LÃ¼beck, Germany, 1903 Sold with rest of collection in 1922. Gift of Horace Rackham to Detroit Institute of Arts, 1922
Keywords: bronze, cast, metal, statue

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