"The Thinker" wasn't originally planned to be the centerpiece of Rodin's massive work, "The Gates of Hell". It was recast several times at its original scale (28 inches high) & the larger-than-life-size (6 feet, 2 inches high). The Appleton's The Thinker sculpture is on view in the second floor gallery. Auguste Rodin (French, 1840-1917), "Le Penseur (The Thinker)", casting ca. late 1920, Bronze, Gift of Arthur I. Appleton