A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF THREE ATHLETES, ENTITLED 'AU BUT!', cast from a model by Alfred Boucher,the three men shown naked save for a thong, all three lunging forward on one leg with arms outstretched, signed A BOUCHER, and stamped SIOT-PARIS, late 19th Century

A FRENCH BRONZE GROUP OF THREE ATHLETES, ENTITLED 'AU BUT!', cast from a model by Alfred Boucher,the three men shown naked save for a thong, all three lunging forward on one leg with arms outstretched, signed A BOUCHER, and stamped SIOT-PARIS, late 19th Century

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COMPARATIVE LITERATURE:
P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siècle, Paris, 1987, pp. 118-20

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Alfred Boucher (1850-1934) exhibited at the Paris Salon from 1874 gaining wide recognition for his oeuvre, he was subsequently made a Chevalier of the Légion d'Honneur in 1887 and an Officier Grand Croix in 1925. The group Au But! was exhibited at the Salon of 1886 where it was awarded a first class medal. The following year the State commissioned a monumental bronze of the group for the Luxembourg Gardens.

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