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Walking Bear
(18th and 19th Centuries )
A North American brown bear walks through a landscape dotted with large boulders and stubby pine trees characteristic of those found in the Forest of Fontainebleau.
Inscription
Provenance
Provenance (from the French provenir, 'to come from/forth') is the chronology of the ownership, custody, or location of a historical object.
Charles Binder; Charles Binder Estate Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 8, 1873, lot 6; Georges Petit, Paris; William T. Walters, Baltimore, November 1875, 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. |
| 2005-2006 | The Essence of Line: French Drawings from Ingres to Degas. The Walters Art Museum, Baltimore; Baltimore Museum of Art, Baltimore; Birmingham Museum of Art, Birmingham; Tacoma Art Museum, Tacoma. |
| 1994 | The Wild Kingdom of Antoine-Louis Barye, 1795-1875. Wildenstein & Company, New York. |
| 1985 | Millet and His Barbizon Contemporaries. Keio Department Store, Tokyo. |
| 1959-1960 | Barye Sculpture and Drawings. American Federation of Arts, New York. |
| 1889-1890 | The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye. American Art Gallery (New York), New York. |
Conservation
| Date | Description | Narrative |
|---|---|---|
| 1/1/2002 | Treatment | examined for exhibition; stabilized; examined for loan; cleaned; re-housed; mounted; other |
Geographies
France, Paris (Place of Origin)
Measurements
H: 9 1/4 x W: 11 11/16 in. (23.5 x 29.7 cm)
Credit Line
Acquired by William T. Walters, 1875
Location in Museum
Not on view
Accession Number
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In libraries, galleries, museums, and archives, an accession number is a unique identifier assigned to each object in the collection.
37.814