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Identification and Creation

Object Number
1961.163
People
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle, French (Montauban, France 1861 - 1929 Vesinet, France)
Title
Henri Delort
Other Titles
Alternate Title: Bust of a Young Boy / Donatello
Classification
Sculpture
Work Type
sculpture
Date
1885
Culture
French
Persistent Link
https://hvrd.art/o/228073

Physical Descriptions

Medium
Bronze, with black over brown patina
Technique
Cast, sand
Dimensions
49.2 x 26.1 x 22.9 cm (19 3/8 x 10 1/4 x 9 in.)
Inscriptions and Marks
  • Signed: back of base, center: Emile - / Bourdelle. / 1885.
  • foundry mark: back of base, cast in, French: © BY BOURDELLE / SUSSE FRERES FONDEURS / PARIS
  • label: under base, black felt-tip on masking tape, handwritten: Box 8
  • inscription: under base, black felt-tip: 50
  • inscription: back of base, cast in: EAB [in monogram]

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History
Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, NY, Sold to the Fogg Art Museum, 1961.

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line
Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Alpheus Hyatt Purchasing Fund
Accession Year
1961
Object Number
1961.163
Division
European and American Art
Contact
am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
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Publication History

  • Antoine Bourdelle, 1861-1929, exh. cat., Charles E. Slatkin Galleries (New York, NY, 1961), repr. pl. 13
  • Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, exh. cat., Yale University Art Gallery (New Haven, 1967)
  • Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Fogg Art Museum, exh. cat., Albright-Knox Art Gallery (Buffalo, NY, 1967), cat. 23

Exhibition History

  • Antoine Bourdelle, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, 10/05/1961 - 10/29/1961; Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, 11/13/1961 - 12/09/1961; Toledo Museum of Art, Toledo, 01/05/1962 - 02/08/1962; City Art Museum of St. Louis, St. Louis, 02/20/1962 - 04/01/1962; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, Santa Barbara, 04/20/1962 - 05/27/1962; San Diego Museum of Art, San Diego, 06/08/1962 - 07/15/1962; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, 08/01/1962 - 09/08/1962; Cincinnati Art Museum, Cincinnati, 10/05/1962 - 11/04/1962; Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/30/1963 - 10/28/1963
  • Paintings, Sculpture and Drawings from the Fogg Art Museum, Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, 05/08/1967 - 06/11/1967
  • Paintings, Drawings, Sculpture from the Fogg Art Museum, Harvard University, Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven, 10/12/1967 - 12/03/1967

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