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In the Remote Parts
By Adam Gunn
Located in Montreal, Quebec
approach. The quote finishes with, “I think with an aesthetic like that you can have a pretty good latitude
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The White Lady (Colour) by David Yarrow
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
mountain and I won’t be the last. The foreground had to have some punch and I think the combination of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Garden of Eden
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
herd has a nice diagonal shape and it tells a story of a journey unaffected by my presence. I think the
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Read the Signs, No. 13
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of something new
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Writer and the Red Blanket
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 Argument - The Princess and her Lover (29 Palms, CA) - End of Summer Sale
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
memories we think define us. Schneider’s images are time capsules, not of fixed moments, but of the way
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Morning Glory (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, 21st Century
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really great because then you miss the perfect moment…and often
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Traces of Time III (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
frame. Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Traces of Time II (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid, Portrait
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
frame. Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

The Weight of My Face
By Judith Berry
Located in Montreal, Quebec
The artist thinks of their paintings primarily as landscapes. Lately, these landscapes have taken
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Oil, Canvas

The Fall (Color) by David Yarrow - train
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
window. The wide range of colors in the frame elevates the photograph and I think it’s as powerful as
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Lets Find the Way #1
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
. "I often think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of
Category

2010s American Realist Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Glare on the waves. Original painting
Located in Zofingen, AG
at sunset. It is designed to encourage the viewer to think about the vastness and secrets of the sea.
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Acrylic

Untitled (Traintracks) - based on the Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
, to relive and reinterpret, over and over again, the memories we think define us. Schneider’s images
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

House of the Poet 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

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 5
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

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 1
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

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 3
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

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

House of the Poet 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

Silk, Sumi Ink, Archival Pigment

Radical Architecture of the Future
By Phaidon
Located in New York, NY
An important and fascinating collection of original projects by unique thinkers in the world of
Category

2010s Chinese Books

Materials

Paper

Read the Signs, No. 7
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of something new
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Entrance to The Holy Sepulchre – Title Vignette
By David Roberts
Located in London, GB
. Roberts's visit, this court was used as a bazaar, and was crowded with pilgrims and merchants. He thinks
Category

1840s Realist Landscape Prints

Materials

Laid Paper, Lithograph

Read the Signs, No. 13
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of something new
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
thinks of the single shapes, adjoining shapes, and clusters of shapes as little paintings in themselves
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

Close to the Sun (Abstract Painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
the tension between the shape and the grid. He thinks of the shapes, adjoining shapes, and clusters
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

Running the Light (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
thinks of the single shapes, adjoining shapes, and clusters of shapes as little paintings in themselves
Category

1990s Abstract Expressionist Abstract Paintings

Materials

Gouache, Board

William B. Sharp, The Wedding, 1946, lithograph
Located in New York, NY
tempting to think it had personal significance. It is certainly made with extreme delicacy in a highly
Category

1940s American Modern Figurative Prints

Materials

Lithograph

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
set. I think a few cowboys were left a little disappointed with the manner of the cowgirl’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (Colour)
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
set. I think a few cowboys were left a little disappointed with the manner of the cowgirl’s
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The White Lady (B&W) by David Yarrow
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
mountain and I won’t be the last. The foreground had to have some punch and I think the combination of
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

One Way (The Last Picture Show)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Let s Catch the Last Train Home - David Yarrow
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
this belief. It just works and the more I review the intricacy of the train’s facade, I do think that
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Beau Simmons - The Cowboy, Photography 2025, Printed After
Located in Stamford, CT
cattle, and living off the land is one of the coolest things I can think of. It's a selfless lifestyle
Category

2010s Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

A lonely and deserted Place (The Girl behind the White Picket Fence) - Polaroid
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
frame. Also, sometimes it doesn’t shoot at the exact moment you think it’s going to—but that’s really
Category

2010s Contemporary Portrait Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

"In the Urals" Oil Painting
By Ulrich Gleiter
Located in Denver, CO
. Today, he says, “I often think about the history of an area where I am painting, about how many troubles
Category

2010s Impressionist Landscape Paintings

Materials

Oil

The Worlds Most Miserable Man Gets Bad News
Located in Miami, FL
, his deep body of work puts him at the very top of the world's premier thinkers in fine art. Signed
Category

2010s American Realist Portrait Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Paper, Ink, Watercolor, Pen

The Twisted Tongue Tied Truth
By Adam Gunn
Located in Montreal, Quebec
approach. The quote finishes with, “I think with an aesthetic like that you can have a pretty good latitude
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Oil, Wood Panel

The Fall (B&W) by David Yarrow - train
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
window. The wide range of colors in the frame elevates the photograph and I think it’s as powerful as
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

Study for “The Breaker of Chains”
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 swimmer, Painting, Oil on Wood Panel
By Federico Cortese
Located in Yardley, PA
to think about a boy swimming in the sea as well as about a memory from a dream, where the base
Category

2010s Expressionist Paintings

Materials

Oil

Corrie Waiting [setting the dining table]
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

WOMEN OF THE IDF Large color Photograph LITAL
By Ashkan Sahihi
Located in Surfside, FL
the viewer to feel and think about entirely new things. Although he constantly challenges the comfort
Category

Early 2000s Portrait Photography

Materials

Masonite

The Brokkr Forged Steel Martini Table - Heavy texture
Located in Malton, GB
think gives the table an extra artistry. The overall table is heavy and will not fall over without a
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Side Tables

Materials

Steel

Aria in the area (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
thinks of the shapes, adjoining shapes, and clusters of shapes as little paintings in themselves, within
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Terri (Breaking the Waves) - analog, vintage print
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
and over again, the memories we think define us. Schneider’s images are time capsules, not of fixed
Category

1990s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Max Blue (The Last Picture Show), triptych
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
memories we think define us. Schneider’s images are time capsules, not of fixed moments, but of the way
Category

2010s Contemporary Color Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Aria in the area (Abstract painting)
By Dana Gordon
Located in London, GB
thinks of the shapes, adjoining shapes, and clusters of shapes as little paintings in themselves, within
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Paintings

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Fingerprint Book Sculpture: The Prophet" by Kahll Gibran
By Valerie Huhn
Located in New York, NY
reading was back. The experience made me think about the history of reading, writing, and acquiring
Category

2010s Contemporary Still-life Sculptures

Materials

Mixed Media

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (B&W)
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Million Dollar Cowboy Bar (B&W)
By David Yarrow
Located in Chicago, IL
extreme cold allowed the exhaust fumes from the Ford Bronco to add more drama to the set. I think a few
Category

21st Century and Contemporary Contemporary Black and White Photography

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Devil - figurative, contemporary, dystopian, acrylic on paper
Located in Bloomfield, ON
war—missiles and satellites. “People have quickly become immune to the horrors of war, and I think
Category

1980s Contemporary Figurative Paintings

Materials

Paper, Acrylic

Antique Aquatint of The Distribution of Wine on the Morning of St.Louis, c.1822
Located in Langweer, NL
author rejects this practice: "The French prefects seem to think, that because the Roman Ediles
Category

Antique 1820s Prints

Materials

Paper

Inside The Blue Mountains, Painting, Watercolor on Canvas
By Gesa Reuter
Located in Yardley, PA
through the clouds, some stars are seen and the scenery becomes dreamlike and magic. Often I think that
Category

2010s Abstract Abstract Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

The Get Up (Plate 1 of 4)
By Darius Steward
Located in Fairlawn, OH
think of my kids when I think of progress. The idea of the future, of the possibility of something new
Category

2010s Contemporary Figurative Drawings and Watercolors

Materials

Watercolor

Three Girls X (The Last Picture Show)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VII (The Last Picture Show)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

Three Girls VIII (The Last Picture Show)
By Stefanie Schneider
Located in Morongo Valley, CA
we should also think of the metaphoric contents of the word apparition. There is certainly a spectre
Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Landscape Photography

Materials

Archival Paper, Photographic Paper, C Print, Color, Polaroid

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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.
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    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.