EMILE ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)

Property of THE WILLIAM ROCKHILL NELSON TRUST

Details

EMILE ANTOINE BOURDELLE (1861-1929)

La vièrge à l'offrande

signed and marked with cipher on the back of the base ANTOINE BOURDELLE--dated on the underside of the base 11 Avril--
carved stone
Height: 26 in. (66 cm.)

Provenance

Mr. and Mrs. W.J. Brace (Gift to the Nelson-Atkins Museum)

Literature

I. Jianou and M. Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1976, no. 624 (related versions listed)
C.M. Lavrillier and M. Dufet, Bourdelle et la critique de son temps, Paris, 1992, p. 221, no. 85 (monumental bronze version illustrated, p. 85)

Lot Essay

According to Rhodia Dufet Bourdelle, this sculpture is a study for the monument measuring 236¼ in. (600 cm.) in Niederbruch, Alsace, which the sculptor completed in 1922. The artist also modelled a version in clay measuring 22¾ in. (58 cm.), from which a bronze edition of the casts was produced between the 1920s and 1960s.