Lot 324
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A French patinated-bronze figure of an elephant entitled 'Eléphant du Sénégal'
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A French patinated-bronze figure of an elephant entitled 'Eléphant du Sénégal'

CAST BY FERDINAND BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR FROM THE MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, CIRCA 1875

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A French patinated-bronze figure of an elephant entitled 'Eléphant du Sénégal'
Cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne Fondeur from the model by Antoine-Louis Barye, Circa 1875
Running, on a naturalistic oval base inscribed BARYE to one side, F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, PARIS to the other, the underside numbered 19110, with a cross, also with number 17, stamped twice F
97/8 in. (25 cm.) high; 13¼ in. (33.5 cm.) long
Special notice
VAT rate of 17.5% is payable on hammer price plus buyer’s premium.

Lot Essay

This model is illustrated in Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes, A Catalogue Raisonné, Antique Collector's Club, Woodbridge, 1990, p. 175, Numbered A90.

The number of the work as it appeared in Barye's own last catalogue is B211.

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