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Description: Conceived between 1889-91, the present work is one of two variants cast in addition to an edition of 10 works of the same size bearing a different inscription.

Inscribed Bourdelle Sculpt and moi je suis Bacchus qui pressure pour les hommes le nectar délicieux, Beethoven and stamped with the foundry mark Fdnrie Nle des Bronzes, J Petermann, St Gilles, Bruxelles

Bronze, green patina

LITERATURE AND REFERENCES

Ionel Jianou and Michel Dufet, Bourdelle, Paris, 1978, no. 76, catalogued p. 74
Carol Marc Lavrillier, Michel Dufet, Bourdelle et la Critique de son Temps, Paris, 1992, illustration of another cast p. 125

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Dimensions: height: 23 1/4 in.

59.1cm