Hercules the Archer (Héraklès, archer)

Hercules the Archer (Héraklès, archer)

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Emile-Antoine Bourdelle

Artist
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
(French, 1861 - 1929)
Title
Hercules the Archer (Héraklès, archer)
Date
1909, cast after 1929
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
31 1/2 x 29 x 13 7/8 in. Overall
Credit
Gift of Frank G. Hood
Accession No.
62.7.3
Classification
Sculpture
Geography
France

Related

October 1962, gifted by Frank G. Hood (La Crosse, WI) to the University of Wisconsin-Madison; 1967, transferred to the Elvehjem Art Center [now called Chazen Museum of Art]

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  • Elvehjem Art Center. "Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Century Art from Collections of Alumni & Friends." Madison, WI: Regents of the University of Wisconsin, 1970. p. 32, no. 16
  • Masters of Modern and Contemporary Sculpture [exh. cat.]. New York: Marlborough New York, 1984. no. 9
  • Elvehjem Museum of Art. "Handbook of the Collection." Elvehjem Museum of Art, University of Wisconsin-Madison. Madison, 1990. no. 111
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  • Read, Helen Appleton. "Emile Antoine Bourdelle." The Arts VIII, no. 4 (1925): pp. 185-205. pp. 185-205
  • Ronnebeck, Arnold. "Bourdelle Speaks to his Pupils." The Arts VIII, no. 4 (1925): pp. 206-221. pp. 206-221
  • Selz, Jean. "Modern Sculpture: Origins and Evolution." Trans. by Annette Michelson. New York: George Braziller, 1963.
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  • Inaugural Exhibition: 19th & 20th Cen. Art from Collection of Alumni & Friends: Elvehjem Art Center, 9/11/1970–11/8/1970

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