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Bear in a Trough
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A bear lies in its water trough holding food between its paws. When Barye exhibited a plaster of this sculpture at the Paris Salon in 1833, he titled it "Alpine Bear." A cast in bronze by Honoré Gonon was subsequently purchased along with the "Dead Gazelle" by the duke of Orléans. No other casts were made during Barye's lifetime.
This particular cast, bearing a gold plate stamped FB, was issued between 1876 and 1889 by Ferdinand Barbedienne, who had purchased a plaster model for it at the artist's estate sale in 1876.
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Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object. Learn more about provenance at the Walters.
William T. Walters, Baltimore, prior to 1889 [mode of acquisition unknown]; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
Exhibitions
| 2007-2008 | Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art, Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum, Palm Beach. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
4 1/2 x 5 1/4 x 3 7/8 in. (11.4 x 13.3 x 9.8 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, before 1889
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
27.111