BOUCHER, Alfred(1850 Bouy-sur-Orvin – 1934 Aix-les-Bains), BOUCHER

BOUCHER, Alfred(1850 Bouy-sur-Orvin – 1934 Aix-les-Bains)Bronze sculpture of a woman with a pitchforkPatinated bronze. Signed "A. Boucher"; foundry mark "Siot-Decauville Fondeur Paris" with the addition "8928". H 57.5 cm. 11.15 kg.Young peasant woman wearing a headscarf, taking a short break from working in the fields and leaning on her pitchfork.Signs of age and wear, patina rubbed off, some scratches, pitchfork loose.Alfred Boucher: French sculptor; studied at the École des beaux-arts in Paris under Paul Dubois and Augustin Dumont beginning in 1869; teacher of Camille Claudel; founded the artists’ colony La Ruche (“The Beehive”) in Montparnasse in 1902.Provenance: Peter Kaus museum estate.*This is an automatically generated translation from German by deepl.com and only to be seen as an aid - not a legally binding declaration of lot properties. Please note that we can only guarantee for the correctness of description and condition as provided by the German description.

Estimate:£238.62

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