Épagneul No1, première version (Spaniel No1, first version)

Details

ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (FRENCH, 1795-1875)
Épagneul N^o1, première version (Spaniel N^o1, first version)
signed BARYE, the underside with scratched S.P.A., white S.P.A. and 256, red paint S.P.A. and museum accession number 20.993, and with black ink 2 and pencil 180
bronze, dark-brown/red patina, on a verde antico marble stepped plinth
3 7/8 in. (9.8 cm.) high, excluding plinth

Provenance

Samuel P. Avery and by descent to Samuel P. Avery jr.

Literature

Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A18, p. 140.

Special notice

This lot is exempt from Sales Tax.

Lot Essay

Dating from around 1840, in his early catalogues, Barye lists Épagneul N^o1, première version as the pendant to Braque, première version (see Poletti & Richarme, 2000, no. A22, p. 144). The model seems to have been particularly popular during the period of Barye's association with Émile Martin, the latter's accounts noting that thirty-four épreuves were sold between 1850 and 1857. At the Atelier sale, the modèle was acquired and subsequently edited by Delafontaine, with casts generally bearing the AD stamp.

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