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Herakles Archer

Artist Émile Antoine Bourdelle (French, 1861-1929)
Date1909
DimensionsH: 24 1/2 in. (62.2 cm); Base: 17 in. (43.2 cm) x 8 in. (20.3 cm)
MediumCast bronze.
ClassificationSculpture
Credit LinePurchased with funds from the Libbey Endowment, Gift of Edward Drummond Libbey
Object number
1930.7
Not on View
Published ReferencesArt News, vol. 29, no. 9, November 29, 1930, p. 3, repr. p. 16.

Toledo Museum News, no. 59, February 1931, p. 2, repr. on cover.

Exhibition HistoryArt Gallery of Toronto, 1948.

Indianapolis, John Herron Art Institute, 1956. Los Angeles County Museum of Art. 1988/89

Comparative ReferencesSee also Julia, Émile-Francois, Antoine Bourdelle, maître d'oeuvre, Paris, 1930, p. 42, pl. 12. Cf. Gauthier, Maximilien, Bourdelle, Paris, 951, pp. 7, 17-18, pl. VIII. Cf. Descargues, Pierre, Bourdelle, Paris, 1954, pp. 7, 38-41.
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