Poete et Pegase (Frieze for Elysee Palace Theatre)
Poete et Pegase (Frieze for Elysee Palace Theatre)

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Poete et Pegase (Frieze for Elysee Palace Theatre),

1913

Emile Antoine Bourdelle, French, 1861–1929
y1953-1

Information

Title
Poete et Pegase (Frieze for Elysee Palace Theatre)
Dates

1913

Maker
Emile Antoine Bourdelle
Medium
Bronze relief
Dimensions
77.5 x 163 cm (30 1/2 x 64 3/16 in.)
Credit Line
Gift of J. Lionberger Davis, Class of 1900
Object Number
y1953-1
Inscription
Lower left corner: Bourdelle 1913
Culture
French
Type
friezes (entablature components), sculpture
Materials
bronze
Techniques
relief
Subject
horses, mythical or legendary beings, figures (representations), men

(Mme. Bourdelle, Paris); August 1947 purchase by J. Lionberger Davis; 1953 gift to Princeton University Art Museum.

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