The original is in Paris.
Rodin made a first small plaster version around 1880. The first large-scale bronze cast was finished in 1902, but not presented to the public until 1904. It became the property of the city of Paris -- thanks to a subscription organized by Rodin admirers -- and was put in front of the Panthéon in 1906. In 1922, it was moved to the Hôtel Biron, which was transformed into a Rodin Museum.
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It was sold in an auction for 3 million euros in Paris at auctioneers. This one Thinker set the record for the most expensive one of the Rodin Series ever sold.
the thinker was created in 1902
it houses the thinker
"The Thinker" is a marble and bronze sculpture which was part of a series of sculptures based on Dante's Divine Comedy. It was sculpted by French artist Auguste Rodin. "The Thinker" has now become a symbol of academia and philosophy and replicas of the sculpture exist across the world.
A huge statue is called a colossus.