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A LARGE FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP ENTITLED 'THESEE COMBATTANT LE CENTAURE BIENOR' (THESEUS BATTLING THE CENTAUR BIENOR)
Lot 157 PROPERTY FROM A PRIVATE COLLECTION, GREENWICH, CONNECTICUT (LOT 157)

A LARGE FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP ENTITLED 'THESEE COMBATTANT LE CENTAURE BIENOR' (THESEUS BATTLING THE CENTAUR BIENOR)

CAST BY BARBEDIENNE FROM A MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY

Closed20 October 2011

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A LARGE FRENCH PATINATED BRONZE FIGURAL GROUP ENTITLED 'THESEE COMBATTANT LE CENTAURE BIENOR' (THESEUS BATTLING THE CENTAUR BIENOR)
CAST BY BARBEDIENNE FROM A MODEL BY ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE, LAST QUARTER 19TH CENTURY
Signed BARYE, with Collection Barbedienne gilt seal, the reverse signed A.L. BARYE and inscribed F. BARBEDIENNE. Fondeur. Paris., raised on a fluted Belgian black marble base with toupie feet
The group: 29½ in. (75 cm.) high
Overall: 34¼ in. (87 cm.) high

Specialist note

Barye's iconic group of Thésée combattant le centaure Biénor was edited posthumously by Barbedienne in four reductions, the present lot being an example of the second largest. The Collection Barbedienne gilt seal, seen here on the rock-form base, was reserved for few Barye models cast by the prolific bronzier, including Jaguar dévorant un lièvre, Panthère saisissant un cerf and Thésée combatant le minotaure (J. G. Reinis, The Founders and Editors of the Barye Bronzes, New York, 2007, p. 45).