Elk Surprised by a Lynx
model 1841, cast by 1873
Artist, French, 1795 - 1875
Antoine-Louis Barye
West Building Ground Floor, Gallery G21
Artwork overview
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Medium
bronze
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
overall: 22.86 × 33.66 × 15.24 cm (9 × 13 1/4 × 6 in.)
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Accession Number
2014.136.274
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Commissioned 1873 directly from the artist by William T. Walters, chairman of the Corcoran Gallery of Art’s acquisition committee; purchased 1873 by the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; acquired 2014 by the National Gallery of Art.
Associated Names
Exhibition History
1988
Antoine-Louis Barye: The Corcoran Collection, Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, Houston; The Dixon Gallery and Gardens, Memphis; Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington; Sterling and Francine Clark Art Institute, Williamstown, 1988-1990, unnumbered catalogue.
Bibliography
2000
Poletti, Michel, and Alain Richarme. Barye: catalogue raisonné des sculptures. Paris, 2000: 279, under A139 (Corcoran accession number given incorrectly as 73.76 instead of 73.74).
Inscriptions
on the base: BARYE
Wikidata ID
Q63863605