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The Dragon's Den

The Dragon's Den

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

treasure. I think part of the reason for this is that the majority of the Komodos on the islands of Rinca

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Antoine Louis Barye, Panther of India on Inkwell, Ferdinand Barbedienne Edition
Antoine Louis Barye, Panther of India on Inkwell, Ferdinand Barbedienne Edition

Antoine Louis Barye, Panther of India on Inkwell, Ferdinand Barbedienne Edition

By Ferdinand Barbedienne, Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in PARIS, FR

some of the most iconic bronze sculptures of the 19th century, including Rodin's "The Thinker" and

Category

Antique 1890s French Romantic Mounted Objects

Materials

Marble, Metal, Bronze

Antoine-Louis Barye, "Peace" Sculptural Bronze, Leblanc-Barbedienne Edition 1920
Antoine-Louis Barye, "Peace" Sculptural Bronze, Leblanc-Barbedienne Edition 1920

Antoine-Louis Barye, "Peace" Sculptural Bronze, Leblanc-Barbedienne Edition 1920

By Antoine-Louis Barye

Located in PARIS, FR

, including Rodin's "The Thinker" and Barye's "Lion and Serpent." In addition to bronze sculptures, the

Category

Vintage 1920s French Romantic Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Bent Two Smoky Grey Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Bent Two Smoky Grey Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Bent Two Smoky Grey Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

The Waiting Game
The Waiting Game

The Waiting Game

Located in Los Angeles, CA

numbers. They work the same jobs, in a town that Chang thinks has “all the ingredients of a great city

Category

1980s Modern Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil

The philosopher's study

The philosopher's study

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Push West
The Push West

The Push West

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

selling wildlife photographer. "I think one of the reasons that the Final Frontier holds such a

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Good Life

The Good Life

By Deborah Ballard

Located in Dallas, TX

. Ballard says, “I always have this inner voice that dictates what I do and how I think.” The concept of the

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Bronze

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule Medium Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule Medium Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule Medium Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule High Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule High Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule High Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule High Smoky Grey Opal White Black Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

Boule Medium Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Boule Medium Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Boule Medium Transparent Smoky Grey White Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond Weil am

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Ceramic, Textile, Glass

For the Dream

For the Dream

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

. When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze. My

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

The Tetons (B&W)

The Tetons (B&W)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

overload as there is at any airport in America. When I think about the town of Jackson, I find it

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Push West
The Push West

The Push West

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

selling wildlife photographer. "I think one of the reasons that the Final Frontier holds such a

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Tetons (B&W)

The Tetons (B&W)

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

overload as there is at any airport in America. When I think about the town of Jackson, I find it

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beware the Jabberwock

Beware the Jabberwock

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

: they are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The garden game

The garden game

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Last Dance
The Last Dance

The Last Dance

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

windows to the soul. Well, I think these hippo eyes are quite instructive too as is the water swell around

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera
The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera

The Phantom of the Opera / Il Fantasma Dell' Opera

Located in London, GB

. However, he thinks that the music publisher is trying to steal his piece, and in a fit of madness, kills

Category

Vintage 1940s Italian Posters

Materials

Paper

The Obi of Onitsha

The Obi of Onitsha

By REWA

Located in New Orleans, LA

pertaining to the Igbos of Nigeria. I think that this description is more accurate as it implies a unique

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Ink, Acrylic

The North Slope
The North Slope

The North Slope

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

assured there is a load of big healthy bears on the North Slope. I think we saw over 25 in a week." -David

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Wanders II
The Wanders II

The Wanders II

By Juan Miguel Palacios

Located in New York, NY

to be an extremely ugly society.” “Words with which the prestigious American thinker and linguist

Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Paintings

Materials

Mixed Media

Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope
Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

Star Gazing Through the Wrong End of the Telescope

By Adam Gunn

Located in Montreal, Quebec

loose assemblage of approach. The quote finishes with, “I think with an aesthetic like that you can have

Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Aristides and the Illiterate Voter
Aristides and the Illiterate Voter

Aristides and the Illiterate Voter

By Luigi Mussini

Located in London, GB

which the ancient thinkers Pliny the Younger and his uncle Pliny the Elder converse in a landscape

Category

Early 19th Century Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Guitar and Ruth

The Guitar and Ruth

Located in Atlanta, GA

think of these as a backdrop to something that I find visually compelling. My goal is that the work is

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

The Laughers (Version 1)
The Laughers (Version 1)

The Laughers (Version 1)

Located in New Orleans, LA

work… I think of the subjects in these paintings as voids or impressions where the people and objects

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Figurative Sculptures

Materials

Ceramic

The Van [Tail] Light
The Van [Tail] Light

The Van [Tail] Light

Located in Atlanta, GA

think of these as a backdrop to something that I find visually compelling. My goal is that the work is

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist
Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist

Father and son oil on canvas painting surrealist

By Ramon Llovet Miserol

Located in Sitges, Barcelona

interested in the philosophical work of the thinker Krishnamurti and in theosophy. From here, the poetic and

Category

1960s Symbolist Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

On the South Dowling
On the South Dowling

On the South Dowling

Located in Deddington, GB

. The use of palette knife and think paint portrays the undulating, wildness of the land, creating

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Abstract Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Ward House Turret

The Ward House Turret

By Marion Buricatu

Located in Boston, MA

experimenting with smaller compositions, it pushed me to keep a creative mindset and think about the elements in

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Realist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

For the Only 2

For the Only 2

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

. When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze. My

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

For the Only 4

For the Only 4

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

. When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream or the movement of a breeze. My

Category

2010s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

To the Flow 2

To the Flow 2

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

. When I create a brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream, or the movement of a breeze. My

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

Read the Signs #3
Read the Signs #3

Read the Signs #3

By Darius Steward

Located in Fairlawn, OH

sculpture project and a new direction for this creative output. “I often think of my kids when I think of

Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The philosopher's study II

The philosopher's study II

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

To the Flow 1

To the Flow 1

By Chaco Terada

Located in Sante Fe, NM

brushstroke I think of the motion of water in a stream, or the movement of a breeze. My lines do not create a

Category

2010s Contemporary Abstract Photography

Materials

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

The Home of Golf
The Home of Golf

The Home of Golf

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

a little bit of history. I was honored to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Home of Golf
The Home of Golf

The Home of Golf

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

a little bit of history. I was honoured to be behind the lens and I think I did the town and the Old

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The time has come

The time has come

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

It's always the same

It's always the same

By Maggie Taylor

Located in Sante Fe, NM

are about these specific objects, yet they also invite reverie or recollections. I like to think that

Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The "Mile High" Club
The "Mile High" Club

The "Mile High" Club

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

many attendees would create as much interest as these two. I think the image has a Hitchcockian mood

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Voice From Without
The Voice From Without

The Voice From Without

By Deborah Ballard

Located in Dallas, TX

says, “I always have this inner voice that dictates what I do and how I think.” The concept of the

Category

2010s Contemporary Sculptures

Materials

Plaster, Wax, Pigment

The Walk of Life
The Walk of Life

The Walk of Life

By David Yarrow

Located in Chicago, IL

time to think, never mind look at the LCD screen. The mother was a colossus of an elephant and I cut it

Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

High Chrome Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Medium Orange Glaze Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo
Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Small Smoky Grey Sfera Floor Lamp by Pulpo

Located in Geneve, CH

logistics, this is the think tank for our artists and designers. pulpo’s dealer network extends far beyond

Category

2010s German Post-Modern Floor Lamps

Materials

Steel

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  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 16, 2024
    The Thinker statue is supposed to be Dante Alighieri. Born in Florence, Italy, in 1265, he was a poet and philosopher. Today, he is best known as the author of The Divine Comedy. Through his statue of Dante, Auguste Rodin intended to portray the writer gazing down into the circles of Hell as part of a larger work called The Gates of Hell. Find a diverse assortment of Auguste Rodin art on 1stDibs.
  • 1stDibs ExpertApril 26, 2024
    The "real" or original Rodin Thinker is outside the Musée Rodin in Paris, France. There are more than 25 additional castings of the sculpture located around the world. In the U.S., you can see casts of The Thinker at the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C.; the University of Louisville in Louisville, Kentucky; the Detroit Institute of Art in Detroit, Michigan; the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City, New York; the Legion of Honor in San Francisco, California; and the Cleveland Museum of Art in Cleveland, Ohio. On 1stDibs, shop an assortment of Auguste Rodin art.