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Label Text Bourdelle was born in Montaulban in Southwestern France in 1861. By the time he was fifteen, he won a scholarship to the art academy in Toulouse, and in 1885 he moved to Paris where he enrolled at the School of Fine Arts and while there had the opportunity to study with Rodin Source: bulletin, January-February 1974.
Exhibition History"Antoine Bourdelle, an Exhibition of Sculptures/Drawings," Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, N. Y., (circulated to: National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Canada, Oct. 5 - 29, 1961; Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, N. Y., Nov. 13 - Dec. 9, 1961; Toledo Art Museum, OH, Jan. 5 - Feb. 8, 1962; St. Louis Art Museum, MO, Feb. 20 - Apr. 1, 1962; Santa Barbara Museum of Art, CA, Apr. 20 - May 27, 1962; San Diego Art Museum, CA, June 8 - July 15, 1962; California Palace of the Legion of Honor, San Francisco, Aug. 1 - Sept. 8, 1962; Cincinnati Art Museum, OH, Oct. 5 - Nov. 4, 1962)
Published ReferencesDES MOINES SUNDAY REGISTER, Dec. 2, 1973, ill. p.3B

DES MOINES ART CENTER: SELECTED PAINTINGS, SCULPTURES AND WORKS ON PAPER, Des Moines Art Center, 1985, ref. p.41, b/w ill. pl.21, p.41

DMAC Bulletin, Jan./Feb. 1974, cover ill.

"Antoine Bourdelle, an Exhibition of Sculptures/Drawings," Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, N. Y., 1961, ref. no.56, p.11, cat. ill. p.77, pl. no.56
DimensionsOverall: 40 × 25 1/2 in. (101.6 × 64.8 cm)
Accession Number 1973.29
Classificationssculpture
CopyrightPublic Domain
Signed“By Bourdelle” back of mound, lower left);
InscriptionsE. Godard Fond. Paris 3 (back of figure lower left of thigh); inverted V and W
Edition3 / 10 (?)
MarksEstate Stamp (back of figure lower left of thigh)
ProvenanceBourdelle family, Paris; (Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York); James S. and Dorothy Schramm, Burlington, IA; Des Moines Art Center [gift of the previous, 1973]
Torso of the Figure Called “Fruit”
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Emile-Antoine Bourdelle
1909
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Aristide Maillol
ca. 1921
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Elie Nadelman
ca. 1907, cast 1926
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Antoine-Jean Gros
1817
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Antoine-Louis Barye
1836
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Alexander Archipenko
1916
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Robert Graham
1983
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Willem de Kooning
1969-1982
Photo Credit: Rich Sanders, Des Moines
Isamu Noguchi
1945, cast 1975