$4,500
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) Tigre qui marche (sur plinthe) [Walking Tiger (On a Plinth)] Signed "BARYE" within the cast by the tiger's back right foot, marked "F. BARBEDIENNE.Fondeur." on the base behind the tiger's back left foot. Bronze with dark green and brown patina, 8 3/8 x 16 1/4 x 4 in. (21.3 x 41.3 x 10.2 cm). Condition: Minor surface grime, dust to interstices. Literature: Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes (Suffolk: Antique Collectors' Club, 1974), A58, p. 141; Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye. Catalogue raisonné des sculptures (Paris: Gallimard, 2000), pp. 198-9, no. A70. N.B. Following the Barbedienne Fondeur mark, the word "France" is incised faintly in the bronze in a smaller and lighter hand.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2013-02-01
