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Tiger Asleep
(18th and 19th Centuries )
In this dark, stormy scene, the tiger has coiled himself up as though asleep. Barye altered the composition when applying the pigments, and the outlines of the original placement of the tiger have become visible through the paint surface. Sleeping tigers in simiar poses occur in Barye's watercolors in the collection of Georges Wildenstein, New York.
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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.
Mme Barye; Vente Barye, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, February 5-6, 1876, no. 67; William T. Walters, Baltimore, January 17, 1885, by purchase [George A. Lucas as agent]; 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. |
| 1994 | The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. |
| 1875-1889 | Exposition Barye. École des beaux-arts, Paris, Paris; École des beaux-arts, Paris, Paris. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 12 5/8 x W: 16 1/2 in. (32.1 x 41.9 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1885
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.
37.813