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Emile Antoine Bourdelle

French, 1861-1929

The Virgin of the Offering (study for "The Virgin of Alsace")

The Virgin of the Offering (study for "The Virgin of Alsace")

The Virgin of the Offering (study for "The Virgin of Alsace"), ca. 1920

marble

overall: 26 3/8 x 9 3/8 x 6 1/4 inches (66.99 x 23.81 x 15.87 cm)

Collection Buffalo AKG Art Museum

Given by the family in honor of Anna Glenny Dunbar, 2022

2022:71

Inscriptions:

signature, dated / back, lower right / ANTOINE BOURDELLE 1924

mark / back, lower right

Provenance:

gift of the artist to Anna Glenny Dunbar, ca. 1925;
bequeathed to Davis Dunbar Jr., 1980;
bequeathed to Selden Dunbar Illick, Peter Dunbar, and Glenny Dunbar, 1999;
upon the death of Peter Dunbar, 1/3 ownership transferred to Andrew Dunbar and Heather Dunbar, 2016;
donated to the Buffalo AKG Art Museum by the family in honor of Anna Glenny Dunbar, 2022

Object Classifications:

Sculpture

Sculpture (visual work)

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