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Artist/Maker
Antoine-Louis Barye
(French, 1795 - 1875)
Datefirst cast c. 1874
MediumBronze with dark brown patina with green and black undertones
DimensionsOverall (with base): 10 in. × 5 1/4 in. × 4 in. (25.4 × 13.3 × 10.2 cm)
Base (only): 1 × 5 × 3 1/2 in. (2.5 × 12.7 × 8.9 cm)
Credit LineBequest of Philip W. Abell, Class of 1957
Object number1994.19
Not on view
DescriptionBronze sculpture of a bear standing up on its hind feet
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Additional Details
Exhibition History
1994
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
Clinton, NY. Fred L. Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College. “A Discerning Eye: Philip W. Abell (1935-1993) A Memorial Exhibition”, September 23 – November 6, 1994 (brochure).
Provenance
1994: Hamilton College (Fred L. Emerson Gallery), by bequest of Philip Abell
Published References
Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, Friends of Art Newsletter, August 1995, Acquisitions 1994
A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
A DISCERNING EYE: PHILIP W. ABELL (1935-1993) A MEMORIAL EXHIBITION (brochure, Emerson Gallery, Hamilton College, September 23- November 6, 1994).
Signature
Top edge of base at lower right: "BARYE"
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled 1841; first cast c. 1845
Medium: Bronze with dark brown patina with green and black undertones
Object number: 1994.16
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled c. 1831; first cast c. 1845
Medium: Bronze with a dark brown patina with green and black undertones
Object number: 1994.8
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled 1840s(?), first cast c. 1870
Medium: Bronze with dark brown patina with black and green undertones
Object number: 1994.10
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled 1850
Medium: Bronze with green patina with some black
Object number: 1994.6
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first offered 1845
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.34
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast 1857
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.14
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: c. 1895 (first cast c. 1860)
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.17
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: modeled c. 1832
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.21
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast 1857
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.26
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast c. 1874
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.32
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast c. 1874
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.33
Antoine-Louis Barye
Date: first cast c. 1840
Medium: Bronze
Object number: 1994.35