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133 - Antoine-Louis BARYE (Paris, 1795 – 1875)
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Estimate €60,000 - €80,000
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Antoine-Louis BARYE (Paris, 1795 – 1875) Theseus fighting the Minotaur, second version Bronze model head with a nuanced reddish-brown patina Signed ‘BARYE’ on the pedestal Numbered ‘N° 580’ in a recessed inscription on the underside Bears a label with the number ‘9’ on the underside Theseus fighting the Minotaur, bronze model by A. – L. Barye 17.72 x 13.38 x 6.50 in. 45 x 34 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Sale of the Barye studio, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Maître Pillet, 7–12 February 1876, lot 580 (bronze model with its plaster cast), 5,050 francs, acquired by P. Goupil for a cast by Ferdinand Barbedienne; Ferdinand Barbedienne Collection; Jacques Zoubaloff Collection; His sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 16–17 June 1927, lot 186 (40,000 francs); Barye Bronzes, An Important Private Collection [Eduardo Guinle], New York, Christie’s, 25 April 2003, lot 150 (Sold for $240,000); Probably acquired at this sale by the family of the current owner; Private collection, Paris Exhibitions: Exhibition of works by Antoine-Louis Barye, member of the Institut, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, November 1875, lot 169 (p. 69). Exhibition of works by Antoine-Louis Barye, member of the Institut, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, May 1889, no. 26 (28) Bibliography: related: Roger Ballu, L’œuvre de Barye, Paris, Maison Quantin, 1890, pp. XII, XVII, p. 88, p. 91, plate between pp. 92 and 93, pp. 104 and 105, pp. 114, 162 and 165 Stuart Pivar, *The Barye Bronzes*, Woodbridge, 1974, model listed under no. F 20 Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, *Barye: Catalogue Raisonné of Sculptures*, Paris, 2000, p. 108, model listed under no. F 32 (second version) Florence Rionnet, *Les Bronzes Barbedienne. L’œuvre d’une dynastie de fondeurs (1834–1954)*, Paris, 2016, model listed under cat. no. 427, p. 272 Antoine-Louis BARYE (Paris, 1795 – 1875) 45 x 34 x 16.5 cm
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