"History" by Alfred Boucher tall bronze sculpture
A tall 67.5cm high (26.6") bronze sculpture by Alfred Boucher.
Dated 1909.
Signed A. Boucher. Foundry mark "Siot Paris"
Dedicated to a lady "for happiness and prosperity"
Born in Aube, Boucher studied with Marcel Ramus in his home town before moving to Paris to study under Paul Dubois. He won a medal for his 1874 debut Salon exhibit of L'Enfant à la fontaine. In 1900 he was awarded a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle and was later made an Officier Grand Croix of the Légion d'Honneur in 1925.
RELATED LITERATURE
Alfred Boucher 1850-1934 "sculpteur-humaniste", exh. cat. Musée Paul Dubois - Alfred Boucher, Nogent-sur-Seine, 2000, p. 80, no. 78
Dated 1909.
Signed A. Boucher. Foundry mark "Siot Paris"
Dedicated to a lady "for happiness and prosperity"
Born in Aube, Boucher studied with Marcel Ramus in his home town before moving to Paris to study under Paul Dubois. He won a medal for his 1874 debut Salon exhibit of L'Enfant à la fontaine. In 1900 he was awarded a Grand Prix at the Exposition Universelle and was later made an Officier Grand Croix of the Légion d'Honneur in 1925.
RELATED LITERATURE
Alfred Boucher 1850-1934 "sculpteur-humaniste", exh. cat. Musée Paul Dubois - Alfred Boucher, Nogent-sur-Seine, 2000, p. 80, no. 78
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