Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
Adam

CultureFrench
Titles
  • Adam
Date1889
PlaceParis, France
MediumBronze
Dimensions93 × 44 × 42 in. (236.2 × 111.8 × 106.7 cm)
Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Mr. and Mrs. Isaac Arnold, Jr.
Object number84.83
Current Location
The Lillie and Hugh Roy Cullen Sculpture Garden
Sculpture Garden
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Provenance Research Ongoing Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks
Inscription: On bottom edge of base at rear (starting below left foot, continuing throughout the base, at the back of the sculpture):
"[copyright symbol] By BOURDELLE SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS Nº 4"
Inscribed on left leg, knee level, engraved on the pedestal: "Bourdelle, E / 89"

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