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Alfred Boucher exhibited the group Au But! at the Paris Salon of 1886 where it was awarded a first class medal. The following year the State commissioned a monumental bronze group for the Luxembourg Gardens
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A bronze group of three athletes entitled 'Au But!'
cast from a model by Alfred Boucher, the three men each shown lunging forward on one leg with arms outstretched, signed A.Boucher and stamped SIOT-PARIS, mounted on marble display base, French, late 19th century -- 10½in. (26.5cm) high
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cast from a model by Alfred Boucher, the three men each shown lunging forward on one leg with arms outstretched, signed A.Boucher and stamped SIOT-PARIS, mounted on marble display base, French, late 19th century -- 10½in. (26.5cm) high
See Illustration