"I would like to thank you for having agreed to have your name on the committee that offered The Thinker to the city of Paris. It will definitely remain in the Pantheon. Everything is finished."
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Auguste Rodin (1840.1917)
Autograph letter signed to Marcellin Berthelot.
A page in-8° on paper at his address on rue de l'Université.
[Paris] January 14, 1905.
Beautiful letter from Rodin rejoicing that his masterpiece The Thinker has been offered to the city of Paris.
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“My dear Master, I come to thank you for having kindly allowed your name to be in the committee which offered the Thinker to the city of Paris, it remains in the Pantheon definitively, everything is finished. You were greatly distressed and I shared your pain. Accept and present to Madame Berthelot the expression of my feelings of consideration and deep respect. Aug. Rodin. »
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Created in 1880 as part of the Gates of Hell, Rodin's sculpture was transformed into an independent monumental work in 1888. The first bronze cast was completed in 1902 and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1904. A cast in bronze from the city of Paris is financed by a public subscription organized by Rodin's admirers. The work was installed at the foot of the Pantheon before being transferred to the garden of the Rodin Museum in 1922.