Auguste RODIN Signed Autograph Letter. The Thinker offered to the city of Paris

  

The Autographs of the Centuries bookstore has been specializing in the sale of autograph letters and manuscripts for many years. Autographed letter signed to Marcellin Berthelot. One page in-8° on paper at his address on rue de l'Université.

A beautiful letter from Rodin rejoicing that his masterpiece. Has been offered to the city of Paris. I come to thank you for agreeing to have your name in the committee that offered The Thinker to the city of Paris, it remains permanently in the Pantheon everything is finished. You were very upset and I shared your grief. Accept and present to Madame Berthelot the expression of my feelings of consideration, and deep respect.

Created in 1880 as part of the. Rodin's sculpture was transformed into a monumental work independently in 1888. The first bronze casting was completed in 1902 and exhibited at the Paris Salon in 1904. A bronze cast of the city of Paris was funded by a public subscription organized by admirers of Rodin.

The work is installed at the foot of the Pantheon before being transferred to the garden of the Rodin Museum in 1922. Consult our manuscripts The Autographs of the Centuries Gallery specializes in the sale and expertise of autograph letters and manuscripts of great personalities from past centuries.

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