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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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