Antoine-Louis Barye (French 1795-1875) Hibou [Owl]

Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875) Hibou [Owl] Inscribed "BARYE" in the bronze at l. l. beside the owl's right talon. Bronze with brown patina, 5 3/4 x 6 1/4 in. (15.0 x 16.0 cm), mounted to a later bronze socle and round onyx plinth. Condition: Dust and dirt to the interstices. Literature: Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes, A Catalogue Raisonné (Suffolk, England: Antique Collectors Club, 1981), A180, p. 45, (illus. p. 225); Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye: Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures (Gallimard, 2000), no. A201, p. 342. No additional condition issues to report.