ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE
French, 1795–1875
Walking Lion (Lion qui Marche)
Signed BARYE
Bronze
9¼ x 15½ x 4 inches (23.5 x 39.4 x 10.2 cm)
This is an exceptionally fine Barye atelier casting of one of the artist's most popular models with a high degree of detail and a fine original patina.
Provenance
Graham Gallery, New York, 1970s
John A. Shrader, Haverford, PA, acquired from the above
Literature
Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes: A Catalogue Raisonné, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1974, p. 131, no. A48, for illustration of another example in the collection of the Walters Art Gallery, Baltimore, MD
$16,000