Alfred Boucher (1850 - 1934) "diane Surprise" Bronze

Alfred BOUCHER Bouy-sur-Orvin, 1850 - 1934, Aix-les-Bains "Diane surprise" Bronze with nuanced brown and green patina H: 47cm - W: 38cm - L: 26cm Signed on the base "Boucher" Provenance: - private collection, Strasbourg Literature: Fine Arts Exhibition. Illustrated catalog of painting and sculpture. Salon of 1893, Paris, 1893, no. 2617. A. Liatard (dir.), 'Alfred Boucher at the Faure Museum', in Aix-les-Bains Arts et mémoire, October 1997, no. 8. J. Piette, Alfred Boucher 1850-1934. The sculpted work, catalog raisonné, Paris, 2014, no. A32A, p. 142. Alfred Boucher. 1945: the donation to the city of Aix-les-Bains, exh. 23 June 2023-7 January 2024 (Diane Surprise from the Musée C. Claudel on view). Related work: -Alfred Boucher, Diane surprise, marble, H. 93 x W. 80 x D. 60 cm, Nogent-sur-Seine, Musée Dubois-Boucher; -Alfred Boucher, Diane surprise, reduction in patinated plaster, H. 48 x W. 33 x D. 24 cm, Aix-les-Bains, Musée Faure. Additional information: Rests on a red griotte marble base with a label "Boulogne Sur Mer Tir au pigeons 21 Août 1881" Total height with the base: 54cm and length (base): 49cm and width (base): 31cm. Marked on the bronze (on the terrace): "10 / V B" Works in public collections: Aix-les-Bains, Avallon Museum, Camille Claudel Museum in Nogent-sur-Seine, Grand Palais in Paros, Galliera Museum in Paris, Orsay Museum, Rodin Museum in Paris, Pau Museum of Fine Arts, La Piscine Museum in Roubaix, MAMCS in Strasbourg, Troyes Museum of Fine Arts, etc.