WINNIPEG — One of the world’s most famous sculptures is now on display at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
A bronze cast of Auguste Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’ was unveiled Friday morning.
“I think it’s a great Christmas present for Winnipeggers and the WAG,” said Stephen Borys, WAG director & CEO.
When on display the sculpture sits 10 feet tall and complements the Starting with Rodin exhibition currently on at the gallery.
It is on loan from an anonymous collector who had the piece in his house.
“Three weeks ago a private collector called me to say by the way would you like to borrow ‘The Thinker’,” said Borys. “He wanted us to have it while we have the exhibition up so we have it for a couple of months.”
The cast is one of around 30 bronze ones made of Rodin’s original sculpture. The cast was made after Rodin’s death with the permission of the Rodin Museum in Paris, where the original piece is on display.
“We love to put people face to face with amazing works of art,” said Borys. “You cant do it on the computer screen, you have to do it in the flesh.”
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