ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)

Jaguar dormant (Sleeping jaguar)

细节

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Jaguar dormant (Sleeping jaguar)
signed BARYE, inscribed Offert à Melle/Marguerite Pfléger and indistinctly cire perdue, the underside with indistinct black ink numerals and paper inventory label numbered in red ink 1989
bronze, dark-brown/red patina with touches of verdigris
3 3/8 in. (8.6 cm.) high

出版

Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A99, p. 239

拍品专文

Dating from 1837, Jaguar dormant was first offered in Barye's 1845 catalogue. The present example has a smaller base (or rather, the jaguar fills more of it) than is usually seen, and the fact it is a lost wax cast, with cire perdue inscription, may classify it as an early épreuve d'artiste. Unfortunately, the identity of Marguerite Pfléger, to whom this cast is dedicated, remains obscure.
Another cast of this model was sold Sotheby's New York, The Marshall B. Coyne Collection, 6 June 2001, lot 290 ($7,200).