Tiger Devouring An Antelope

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Object Details

Artist

Antoine-Louis Barye, French, b. Paris, 1795–1875

Provenance

Parke Bernet Galleries, New York, sale 1625, 17-19 November 1955, lot. 96, ill.

James Graham and Sons, New York, to 13 December 1963

Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 13 December 1963-17 May 1966

Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Exhibition History

ALAN GALLERY, New York. "The Romantic Temperament," 4-31 December 1961, no. 4.

HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 4, ill. p. 8.

Published References

LERNER, ABRAM, et al. The Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden (New York: Abrams, 1974), no. 43, ill. cat. p. 662.

BRITSCH, RALPH A. and TODD A. BRITSCH. The Arts in Western Culture (Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall, 1984), fig. 13-5, p. 306.

LAVINE, SIGMUND A. Wonders of Tigers (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1987), ill. p. 25.

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Credit Line

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966

Date

(c. 1830-1831)

Accession Number

66.381

Type

Sculpture

Medium

Bronze

Dimensions

22 1/4 x 10 5/8 x 13 in. (56.6 x 27.2 x 33.2 cm)

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Data Source

Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden

Metadata Usage

CC0

Link to Original Record

http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/py2cf3ecf13-1bfa-40b9-a914-2db8f70e4802

Record ID

hmsg_66.381