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Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris 1795-1875)
Lot 80

Antoine-Louis Barye (Paris 1795-1875)

A bison

Closed31 January 2019

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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)

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

Specialist note

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).