As you may recall, a few weeks ago I leapt atop the pedestal that usually holds The Thinker and mused about Stanford’s spiritual condition.
I was puzzled that the pedestal was barren, but I didn’t know where The Thinker was. I was even more shocked when I later passed by the same area and saw that even the pedestal had gone missing!
It turns out that The Thinker was on tour in Australia and Singapore (which explains the barren pedestal)! Now Rodin’s ruminating reposer is restored, and he’s been given a new place on campus (which explains the missing pedestal).
Buried in the news piece is an interesting little fact–Stanford has the third-largest collection of Rodin sculptures in the world!