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Docker Of The Port Of Antwerp From The Belgian Meunier Bronze Figure 20th Century
$2,138.38
£1,604.18
€1,800
CA$2,960.75
A$3,217.82
CHF 1,724.46
MX$39,070.10
NOK 21,649.55
SEK 20,076.66
DKK 13,712.66
About the Item
Bronze Male Figure The Unloader Of The Port Of Antwerp By Meunier better known as Le debardeur du port d'Anverse by the famous Belgian sculptor Constantin Emile Meunier (1831-1905).
The sculpture is a dark patina earthenware casting in good condition: the only inaccuracy is in the signature engraved on the back of the MUENIER base.
Belgian or French in origin, it dates back to the early decades of the 1900s.
Dockers are the men who load and unload ships, what we now more commonly call dockers. While avoiding miserabilism, Meunier's sculpted Port of Antwerp has become an archetypal representation of the alienation of individuals through labor. An early wax version was exhibited as early as 1885 in Brussels at the Salon des XX. When the large plaster cast was presented in Paris at the Salon de la Société nationale des Beaux-arts in 1889, the critics were enthusiastic: "... never before had so much tragic and moving expression, so much energy, so much oppression, so much suffering and so much resignation been given to a figure with such intensity."
As early as 1890, the French state purchased this bronze specimen. In Belgium, a life-size Discharger is erected in Antwerp's main square until it becomes the symbol of the city. After 1893, bronze reductions of various sizes were made, as well as a bust, entitled Antwerp of course.
Height: 44.5 cm
Width: 24 cm
Depth: 18.5 cm
- Similar to:Constantin Meunier (Sculptor)
- Dimensions:Height: 16.93 in (43 cm)Width: 9.45 in (24 cm)Depth: 7.49 in (19 cm)
- Style:Art Deco (Of the Period)
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- Date of Manufacture:1930 Circa
- Condition:Wear consistent with age and use. The casting has a nice dark patina.
- Seller Location:Milano, IT
- Reference Number:Seller: a15031stDibs: LU2160347281992
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