Live Auction 9160Impressionist and 19th Century Art (Day sale)
Lot 164

Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)

L'tude pour la main gauche de l'Hracls Archer

Closed13 May 1999

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USD 11,500

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Emile-Antoine Bourdelle (1861-1929)
Bourdelle, E.-A.
L'tude pour la main gauche de l'Hracls Archer
stamped with foundry mark and with cypher 'CLEMENTI CIRE PERDUE C BY BOURDELLE' (on the back)
bronze with green and brown patina
Height: 14 in. (35.6 cm.)
Original version executed 1908-1909; this bronze version cast in 1969

Specialist note

Rhodia Dufet Bourdelle has confirmed the authenticity of this sculpture.

This hand is a study for the monumental version of the Hracls, Archer which Bourdelle executed in 1909.