Émile-Antoine Bourdelle

French, 1861 - 1921
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Émile-Antoine Bourdelle

Bust of an Old Woman1907

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Signed: Bourdelle side of self-base Marked: 1907 1re epreuve side of self-baseBronze, swatches of Gilt patina14 3/4 x 11 x 9 inches
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Overview

Major works include: Spandrel reliefs for the portal of the Musée Grévin, Paris 1900

Monument aux Morts de Montauban, 1902

Freestanding gilded bronze Hercules the Archer, 1909

Decorative series of friezes executed for the exterior of Auguste Perret's Théâtre des Champs-Élysées (1913). Although the building itself is famously an early example of concrete construction, the friezes are marble.

Interior frieze at the Opéra de Marseille, framing the stage

Monument to Mickiewicz near the Pont de l'Alma in Paris, designed in 1909, realized in 1929

Two Angels on the Crypt at the War Memorial, Hartmannswillerkopf, for French architect Robert Danis, 1920s

Bronze Tympanum Pieta for the Église Notre-Dame du Raincy, designed in the 1920s, finally realized and dedicated in September 1999

Equestrian Statue of General Carlos María de Alvear, Recoleta, Buenos Aires

War Memorial, Capoulet-et-Junac