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The Archer

Artist: Vuk Vuchinich, American, 1901-1974
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)
Signature: Unsigned
Collections: American Art
Museum Location: This item is on view in Luce Visible Storage and Study Center, 5th Floor
Accession Number: 35.951
Credit Line: Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
Image: Overall, 35.951.jpg. Brooklyn Museum photograph, 2004

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.

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