San Juan Record | 1931-05-21 | Page 7 | Rodin's Famous Statue

famous statue statue the thinker was exhibited at the georges petit gallery galler in 1889 it was one of 38 88 pieces of sculpture placed on view it was designed to be placed over the porte do benfer the idea of fashioning was largely olne to visit to italy in 1875 the sculptor kraii commissioned by M furquet Tur who told rodin that he wished to have a door for the proposed ased palace of decorative arts M the thick is part of magnum ous jus at the salon of 1904 the figure was on it was planned to 0 o be placed on the upper crossbeam of tho gate eat of hell where the thinker could look down on the scenes of human passion and woe extended below him by public subscription the tha statue was ultimately purchased arid and presented to the city of paris