1957.10: Vulture

Identification and Creation

Object Number

1957.10

People

? Alfred Barye, French (Paris 1839 - 1882)
? Antoine Louis Barye, French (Paris, France 1796 - 1875 Paris, France)

Title

Vulture

Classification

Sculpture

Work Type

sculpture

Date

19th century

Culture

French

Persistent Link

https://hvrd.art/o/228513

Physical Descriptions

Medium

Bronze with black with brown patina

Technique

Cast, sand

Dimensions

12.6 x 7 x 9.6 cm (4 15/16 x 2 3/4 x 3 3/4 in.)

Inscriptions and Marks

• Signed: side of base, proper left of vulture: A. BARYE

Provenance

Recorded Ownership History

[Postar Antique Shop, Allston, MA], sold; to Mrs. Deborah L. Riefstahl, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1957

Acquisition and Rights

Credit Line

Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, Gift of Mrs. Deborah L. Riefstahl

Accession Year

1957

Object Number

1957.10

Division

European and American Art

Contact

am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu

Permissions

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Publication History

• Glenn Franklin Benge, "The Sculpture of Antoine-Louis Barye in American Collections" (Thesis, University of Iowa, 1969), University Microfilms, no. 107, p. 457, text pp. 310-312; repr. fig. 59
• Jeanne L. Wasserman and Arthur Beale, Sculpture by Antoine-Louis Barye in the Collection of the Fogg Art Museum, Fogg Art Museum (Cambridge, MA, 1982), p. 92, no. VIII, under Appendix A

Exhibition History

• A Bronze Menagerie and Other Works by Antoine-Louis Barye from the Fogg Museum's Collection, Fogg Art Museum, Cambridge, 09/25/1981 - 12/27/1981

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