Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) BRONZE Tigre Devorant un Gavial. REDUCED

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Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) BRONZE Tigre Devorant un Gavial. REDUCED:
$8995.00

Antoine-Louis Baryewas a French sculptor working in the animalier style. Best known for his Neoclassical bronze statues featuring exotic animals in repose, engaged in battle, and in mythological situations, Barye began his artistic life working and studying under prominent French sculptors and painters before training as a goldsmith. His lively sculptures are considered an important link between 19th-century Romanticism and Realism, and Barye enjoyed numerous awards and prestigious commissions from bourgeois French families. Born in Paris, France on September 24, 1796, he discovered his predilection for capturing the movements and form of animals by observing those on display at the Jardin des Plantes zoo in his native city, often accompanied by his friendEugène Delacroix. Before his death on June 25, 1875, while facing looming bankruptcy and the financial stress that plagued much of his life, his entire inventory of bronzes, plasters, models, and even the rights to produce them were sold to the Barbedienne foundry. Today, his works are held in major collections around the world, including the Louvre Museum in Paris, the Art Institute of Chicago, the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden in Washington, D.C., and the National Gallery in London.ITEM DETAILS

An early recast bronze sculpture of a work by French sculptor Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) titledTigre Devorant un Gavial. This bronze sculpture depicts a tiger dramatically defeating and eating a crocodile. The work is inscribed in the casting “Barye” on the lower surface and etched with a cast number to the underside. This particular composition is considered to be one of Antoine Barye’s most successful due to the tense, undetermined outcome for the crocodile. The original was shown in the Luxembourg Gardens at the Paris Salon and now resides in the Louvre. The sculpture is presented on an elliptical black wood plinth.

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CONDITION

Good

- surface wear throughout with burnishing to areas at left; accretions to crevices; green patina to tiger’s left elbow and throughout ground under animals; sculpture unattached to base; chips, scratches, and wear throughout wood base.

DIMENSIONS

20.75\" W x 9.5\" H x 9.5\" D

- measures item including base; without base measures 20.25\" W x 7.5\" H x 8.75\" H