ALFRED BOUCHER (1850-1934) Au but Model created in 1886 Bronze with brown patina Signed "A. BOUCHER Bears the founder's mark "SIOT. PARIS" and the numbers "663 H". On a green marble base H 5 CM - Base height : 1.9 IN. (Dust) AU BUT', A PATINATED BRONZE SIGNED ALFRED BOUCHER 27,50 x 41 CM - 10,8 x 16,1 IN. Related works - Alfred Boucher, Au But, circa 1886, plaster, H. 200 CM, Troyes, musée d'art et d'histoire, inv. D.887.2 ; - Alfred Boucher, Au But, 1886, bronze, H. 45.8 x W. 69 x D. 35 cm, Nogent-sur-Seine, Musée Camille Claudel, inv. 1994.2 ; - Alfred Boucher, Au But, after 1886, bronze, H. 100.5 x W. 79 x D. 146.5 cm, Reims, Musée des Beaux-Arts, inv. 933.23.1. Related literature Jacques Piette, Alfred Boucher 1850-1934. L'œuvre sculpté, catalogue raisonné, Paris, Mare & Martin, 2014, model listed under no. A27, pp. 124-129. The work, innovative for its time, demonstrates the artist's mastery of representing balance and movement. The plaster version of the group was exhibited at the Salon of 1886, then at the Universal Exhibition of 1889, where it was awarded a gold medal. He produced a monumental bronze for the State, which was destroyed in 1940, and published reductions by the founders Barbedienne and Siot.