19th-Century Works of Art: Featuring Works from The Muriel S. and Noah L. Butkin Collection Sold to Benefit the Cleveland Museum of Art
19th-Century Works of Art: Featuring Works from The Muriel S. and Noah L. Butkin Collection Sold to Benefit the Cleveland Museum of Art
PROPERTY FROM THE MURIEL S. AND NOAH L. BUTKIN COLLECTION, SOLD TO BENEFIT THE CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF ART
Antoine-Louis Barye
Jaguar in a Mountain Landscape
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May 24, 02:06 PM GMT
Estimate
40,000 - 60,000 USD
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Property from the Muriel S. and Noah L. Butkin Collection, Sold to Benefit the Cleveland Museum of Art
Antoine-Louis Barye
French
1796-1875
Jaguar in a Mountain Landscape
signed BARYE (lower right)
oil on canvas
canvas: 14 ¾ by 18 ¼ in.; 37.5 by 46 cm
framed: 19 ¼ by 25 ½ in.; 49 by 57.5 cm
Estate of the artist
Sale: Vente Atelier Barye, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, 7-12 February 1876, no. 64
Barbedienne
His Sale: Paris, Galerie Durand-Ruel, 2-3 June 1892, no. 3
Sale: Parke-Bernet Galleries, New York, 12 May 1978, no. 186
The Muriel S. and Noah L. Butkin Collection
Catalogue des oeuvres de Antoine-Louis Barye, Paris, 1875, no. 351, p. 94.
Catalogue des oeuvres de Barye, Paris, 1889, no. 751, p. 139.
The Saginaw Museum of Art, Exhibition of Nineteenth Century French Painting at the Saginaw Museum, Michigan, 1948, no. 2.
Paris, L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Barye, 1875, no. 351 (as Jaguar marchant)
Paris, L'Ecole des Beaux-Arts, Barye, 1889, no. 751 (as Tigre qui marche)
Michigan, The Saginaw Museum of Art, Exhibition of Nineteenth Century French Painting at the Saginaw Museum, December 19, 1948-January 9, 1949, no. 2
Antoine-Louis Barye made his mark primarily as a sculptor of animal subjects, particularly groups of predatory animals on the prowl. His sculptures combined the specificity of narrative with the realism of anatomical accuracy, traits maintained also in his work as a painter and printmaker. Here, a snarling tiger strides through a sketched-in landscape. The burnt sienna contours of the jaguar's body, seen in profile, cast the animal in relief, much like a free-standing sculpture.