ALFRED BOUCHER (French, 1850-1934)

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ALFRED BOUCHER (French, 1850-1934)

'Le Terrassier', A Bronze Figure

inscribed 'A. BOUCHER', 'F. BARBEDIENNE, FONDEUR', impressed with the A. Collas reduction seal and on the underside stamped 'S'
22in. (55.9cm.) high, rich reddish brown patina

Literature

H.W. Janson & P. Fusco, The Romantics to Rodin: Nineteenth Century French Sculpture, Los Angeles, 1980, pp. 52-53, fig. 41, illus. for another marble example
P. Kjellberg, Les Bronzes du XIXe Siécle: Dictionnaire des Sculpteurs, Paris, 1987, p. 120, illus. for another bronze example

Lot Essay

The marble of Le Terrassier which was exhibited at the Salon of 1890 is now in the collection of the Musée Galiera, Paris. The artist produced the popular model in both marble and in bronze reductions of which the present example is the middle size.