Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris 1795-1875)

A bison

Details

Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris 1795-1875)
A bison
signed in ink 'Barye' (bottom right)
graphite, watercolor
4 ½ x 6 5/8 in. (11.6 x 17 cm)

Provenance

Anonymous sale; Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 8 December 1926, no. 1.
Private collection, France.

Literature

C.O. Zieseniss, Les aquarelles de Barye, Paris, 1954, no. J4, pl. 34.

Lot Essay

Best known for his bronzes, Barye was an accomplished watercolorist as attested by this imposing depiction of a bison in profile. A similar one caught resting and executed on a sheet of similar size is at the Metropolitan Museum of Art (inv. 29.100.595).

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