ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)

Hémione (Mule)

Details

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Hémione (Mule)
signed BARYE, the underside incised No606 and with traces of red wax
bronze modèle, dark-brown/red patina
8¾ in. (22.2 cm.) high

Provenance

Vente Barye, hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7-12 February 1876, lot 606 ("modèle en bronze avec son plâtre"), 255 francs, acquired by Goupil, to be edited by Barbedienne
Barbedienne Collection
Jacques Zoubaloff Collection, sold Galerie Georges Petit, Paris, 16-17 June 1927, lot 171, 15,000 francs

Literature

Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A135, p. 274

Exhibited

Exposition des oeuvres d'Antoine-Louis Barye, membre de l'Institut, École des beaux-arts, Paris, May 1889, no. 42

Lot Essay

A rarely seen model, Barye's study of a mule appears to have been offered only in his final catalogue of 1874-5 (no. 205, 50 francs). Like the previous lot, the modèle offered here was acquired at the Atelier sale and subsequently edited by Barbedienne until the mid-1920s.

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