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Man with a Watersack

Date1897
Object PlaceVorst, Belgium, Western Europe, Europe
MediumOriginal plaster model
ClassificationsSculpture
Dimensionsfigure: 24½ x 16 x 8¼ in.
62.2 x 40.6 x 21.0 cm
base: 3 3/8 x 16 5/8 x 11¼ in.
8.7 x 42.2 x 28.7 cm
Credit LineFounders Society Purchase, Mr. and Mrs. Allan Shelden III Fund and the Henry Ford II Fund
Object number1986.48
DescriptionThin nude male adolescent with taut muscles stands on a sloped rectangular self-base with legs spread widely apart and his weight resting on his left leg. The upper torso and head are bent to the left. The figure presses a goat skin, clutched in his left arm, to his body while his right arm, with elbow jutting out, extends across his body. He holds the top of the goatskin in his right hand.
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