Éléphant du Sénégal (Elephant of Senegal)

A late work, almost certainly dating from the early 1870s, Éléphant du Sénégal is the last and most dynamic of Barye's four elephant studies. Cast in very limited numbers prior to Barye's death, the model and its reduced version (after 1887) were subsequently edited repeatedly and with great success by Barbedienne.

Another cast of this model was sold Christie's Paris, Collection Charles-Otto Zieseniss, 6 December 2001, lot 44 (11,643 euros).