The Archer
Vuk Vuchinich
Brooklyn Museum photograph
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. (Photo: Brooklyn Museum)
Collection
Collection
Artist
Title
The Archer
Date
1933
Medium
Bronze
Classification
Dimensions
49 1/2 x 33 1/2 x 7 1/2 in. (125.7 x 85.1 x 19.1 cm)
Signatures
Unsigned
Credit Line
Ella C. Woodward Memorial Fund
Accession Number
35.951
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The sculpture is "The Archer" by Vuk Vuchinich and it dates to 1933. Like other modern sculpture of the time, the work explores the human body it with an expressive sense of motion. This male figure is pulling back the string of his bow just before shooting an arrow. The artist was born in Montenegro and immigrated to New York, where he studied art and began his career.35.951
This is "The Archer" by Vuk Vuchinich. It was made in 1933, as the modernist style of the sculpture would suggest!
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