Harvard Art Museums > 1956.142: Elephant of Africa Sculpture Collections Search Exit Deep Zoom Mode Zoom Out Zoom In Reset Zoom Full Screen Add to Collection Order Image Copy Link Copy Citation Citation"Elephant of Africa (Antoine Louis Barye) , 1956.142,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Nov 21, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228538. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1956.142 People Antoine Louis Barye, French (Paris, France 1796 - 1875 Paris, France) Title Elephant of Africa Other Titles Original Language Title: Éléphant d'Afrique Alternate Title: Standing African Elephant Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date 19th century Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228538 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze with greenish black patina Technique Cast, sand Dimensions 13.3 x 19.5 cm (5 1/4 x 7 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: top of base: BARYE Provenance Recorded Ownership History Henry Dexter Sharpe, Providence, by descent?; to Mrs. Henry Dexter Sharpe, Providence, 1954, gift; to Fogg Art Museum, 1956 Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Henry Dexter Sharpe Collection Accession Year 1956 Object Number 1956.142 Division European and American Art Contact am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu Permissions The Harvard Art Museums encourage the use of images found on this website for personal, noncommercial use, including educational and scholarly purposes. To request a higher resolution file of this image, please submit an online request. Publication History Catalogue des bronzes de A.L. Barye, Statuaire, Exposition Universelle de 1865 La Grande Médaille d'Honneur, exh. cat., Quai des Celestins, 4 (Paris, France, 1865), no. 91 Catalogue des oeuvres de feu Barye. Bronzes, aquarelles-tableaux, cires terres cuites, marbres, plâtres, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, France, February 7 1876 - February 12 1876), no. 681 Eugène Guillaume, Catalogue des Oeuvres de Barye, École Nationale des Beaux-Arts (Paris, France, 1889), no. 242 Catalogue of the Works of Antoine-Louis Barye exhibited at the American Art Galleries . . ., exh. cat., J. J. Little and Co. (New York, NY, 1889), nos. 157, 422 Exhibition of Paintings, Bronzes and Porcelains from the George A. Lucas Collection, exh. cat., Maryland Institute (Baltimore, MD, 1911), no. 564 Collection George Haviland, auct. cat., Galerie Georges Petit (Paris, France, June 2, 1932 - June 3, 1932), nos. 60, 61, pl. xvii Illustrated Handbook of Paintings, Sculpture, and Other Art Objects, Corcoran Gallery of Art (Washington, D.C, 1939), p. 118, repr. Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes, Antique Collector's Club Ltd. (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 1974), no. 89, repr. p. 158 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. 60, no. 23 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 Verification Level This record has been reviewed by the curatorial staff but may be incomplete. Our records are frequently revised and enhanced. For more information please contact the Division of European and American Art at am_europeanamerican@harvard.edu
