Two Bears Wrestling

model 1833, cast after 1847-1848

Antoine-Louis Barye

Artist, French, 1795 - 1875

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Artwork history & notes

Provenance

(Bernard Black Gallery, New York), by 1965;[1] sold May 1966 to Mr. and Mrs. Paul Mellon, Upperville, Virginia;[2] gift 1980 to NGA.
[1] Cited as the lender in Barye (1796-1875), Michelangelo of Animals, Exh. cat., Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, 1965, no. 30.
[2] In NGA curatorial files.

Associated Names

Exhibition History

1965

  • Barye, Michelangelo of Animals, Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, 1965, no. 30.

1974

  • Nineteenth-Century Sculpture, National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 1974, unnumbered checklist.

Bibliography

1965

  • Barye (1796-1875), Michelangelo of Animals. Exh. cat. Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute, San Antonio, 1965: no. 30.

1994

  • Sculpture: An Illustrated Catalogue. National Gallery of Art, Washington, 1994: 26, repro.

2000

  • Butler, Ruth, and Suzanne Glover Lindsay, with Alison Luchs, Douglas Lewis, Cynthia J. Mills, and Jeffrey Weidman. European Sculpture of the Nineteenth Century. The Collections of the National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogue. Washington, D.C., 2000: 18-21, color repro.

Inscriptions

incised into model on side of self-base below the upper bear: BARYE

Wikidata ID

Q63854536

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