Harvard Art Museums > 1956.148: Gnu 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"Gnu (After Antoine Louis Barye)(After Antoine Louis Barye) , 1956.148,” Harvard Art Museums collections online, Dec 14, 2024, https://hvrd.art/o/228541. Reuse via IIIF Toggle Deep Zoom Mode Download This object does not yet have a description. Identification and Creation Object Number 1956.148 People After Antoine Louis Barye, French (Paris, France 1796 - 1875 Paris, France) After Antoine Louis Barye, French (Paris, France 1796 - 1875 Paris, France) Title Gnu Other Titles Alternate Title: Gnou / Prancing Gnu Classification Sculpture Work Type sculpture Date after 1865? Culture French Persistent Link https://hvrd.art/o/228541 Physical Descriptions Medium Bronze with black patina Technique Lost-wax process Dimensions 17.8 x 25.9 x 6.8 cm (7 x 10 3/16 x 2 11/16 in.) Inscriptions and Marks Signed: top of base, proper left of gnu: BARYE Provenance Recorded Ownership History Henry Dexter Sharpe, Providence, RI, Gift to Fogg Art Museum, 1956. (Gift of Mrs. Henry D. Sharpe) Acquisition and Rights Credit Line Harvard Art Museums/Fogg Museum, The Henry Dexter Sharpe Collection Accession Year 1956 Object Number 1956.148 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. 203 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. 698 Catalogue des bronzes de Barye (modèles), auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, France, April 24, 1884), no. 39 Catalogue des bronzes de Barye. Modèles, tableaux et dessins Composant la collection de M. Auguste Sichel, auct. cat., Hôtel Drouot (Paris, France, February 27, 1886), no. 17 Antoine-Louis Barye, 1796-1875, exh. cat., Marion Koogler McNay Art Institute (San Antonio, TX, 1965), no. 37 Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes, Antique Collector's Club Ltd. (Woodbridge, Suffolk, England, 1974), no. A2, repr. p. 97 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. 88, VI (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 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