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Hercules the Archer

Artist Antoine Bourdelle French, 1861–1929

DateModeled 1906–1909, Musee Bourdelle cast circa 1968–1969

MediumBronze

Dimensions15 3/8 × 23 1/4 × 8 1/4 in. (39 × 59 × 21 cm)

ClassificationsSculpture

Credit LineGift of Thomas S. Kenan III in honor of Lawrence J. Wheeler

Object number2018.11

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ProvenanceMusée Bourdelle authorized cast, ca. 1968–69; Charles E. Slatkin Galleries, New York, ca. 1968–69; sold to Mary Duke Biddle Trent Semans (d. 2012), Durham, NC, late 1960s; bequeathed to son, James Semans, 2012; sold to Thomas S. Kenan III, Chapel Hill, NC, 2018; given to NCMA, 2018.

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