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Le Marteleur (The Hammerman)

Constantin Meunier

Belgian, 1831-1905

Le Marteleur (The Hammerman), 1885 (cast executed ca. 1886)

bronze

overall: 46 1/2 x 21 1/2 x 13 inches (118.11 x 54.61 x 33.02 cm)

Collection Albright-Knox Art Gallery, Buffalo, New York

Charles W. Goodyear Fund, 1913

1913:4

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Inscriptions

signature / base / C. Meunier

inscription/stamped / Fonderie Verbeyst/Bruxelles

Provenance

Charles Jacques Meunier, heir of the artist, Brussels;
sold to the Albright Art Gallery, March 27, 1913

Class

Sculpture

Work Type

Cast (sculpture)

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