I don't care what anyone says about the obviousness of it: I was completely floored the first time I went to the Legion of Honor, after living in SF for years having no idea, and there it was, the Thinker, by Rodin. Ok, not exactly the one he chiseled from marble, but one of only a few copies that I think he made. Anyways, if you haven't seen it you've gotta check it out. One of those poignant examples of how different it is to see art in real life versus having seen pictures of it a million times. Really, you don't even have to go into the museum...
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