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The Butterfly

Artist: Emil Fuchs, American, 1866-1929
Medium: Bronze, marble
Dimensions: 12 1/8 x 3 7/8 x 4 in. (30.8 x 9.8 x 10.2 cm)
Markings: Foundry mark on back of cast base: "GORHAM CO FOUNDERS / QFXK"
Signature: Stamped on top at back of cast base: "© / EMIL FUCHS"
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 32.2092.25
Credit Line: Gift of the estate of Emil Fuchs
Image: Overall, 32.2092.25_bw.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph

Catalogue Description: Figurine of nude girl standing on a cast square base. She twists her body to look at a butterfly perched on her raised proper left heel. Figurine attached to marble plinth base.

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