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The Archer
Vuk Vuchinich
American Art
On View: Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
MEDIUM
Bronze
DATES
1933
DIMENSIONS
49 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (125.7 x 85.1 x 19.1 cm) (show scale)
SIGNATURE
Unsigned
COLLECTIONS
American Art
ACCESSION NUMBER
35.951
CREDIT LINE
Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
CATALOGUE DESCRIPTION
Statue of large nude male figure truncated at knees standing on rectangular base; strides with proper left leg forward and arms posed as if holding a bow and arrow with proper left arm extended straight forward and right arm bent back pulling string; head tips down and has stylized facial features with squared nose and deeply furrowed brow; heavily muscled body.
Condition: Good, allover patches of gold patina.
MUSEUM LOCATION
This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
CAPTION
Vuk Vuchinich (American, 1901–1974). The Archer, 1933. Bronze, 49 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (125.7 x 85.1 x 19.1 cm). Brooklyn Museum, Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund, 35.951. © artist or artist's estate (Photo: Brooklyn Museum, 35.951.jpg)
IMAGE
overall, 35.951.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004
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