ELEPHANT CRUSHING A TIGER (1847)

Antoine-Louis BARYE

Bronze with deeply nuanced green brown patina, signed « BARYE ».
Cast by the atelier Barye (nice proof)
Height: 8,4″ x Width: 13,7″ x Depth: 7,4″
Circa 1857-1875
Cast of less than fifteen examples

Literature: Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 254, model ref. A120, reproduced under n° 241.









 

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