ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
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ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)

Cheval demi-sang, tête levée, réduction (Half-blood horse, head raised, reduction)

Details
ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Cheval demi-sang, tête levée, réduction (Half-blood horse, head raised, reduction)
signed BARYE, the underside with scratched S.P.A. and 350 and with red paint museum accession number 20.987
bronze, mid-brown patina
5½ in. (14 cm.) high
Provenance
Samuel P. Avery and by descent to Samuel P. Avery jr.
Literature
Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A125(2), p. 261.
Special notice
This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

Although its title and size specification imply that the present lot is merely a smaller version of Barye's 10½-inch model of the same name, Cheval demi-sang, tête levée, réduction actually differs quite significantly from its larger namesake. It seems likely the model is that which was first offered in Besse's 1844 catalogue as Petit cheval. The bronze modèle for the work was acquired at the Atelier sale by Goupil, subsequently edited by Barbedienne until the mid-1920s and, later in the collection of Eduardo Guinle (d. 1941), was sold in these rooms, 25 April 2003, lot 33 ($16,730).

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