ANTOINE-LOUIS BARYE (1795-1875)FRENCH | Cheval Turc No. 2 (Antérieur droit levé, terrasse carrée) (Turkish Horse No. 2)

Standard small surface abrasions. Nice light chocolate brown color. Small spot on proper left hindquarters rubbed and repatinated. Small red pencil mark on back (probably wax and removable). A varnish is evident on the surface that could be removed. Lovely modelling.
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'Michel-Ange de la Ménagerie' was the tribute given to Barye by the celebrated French art critic Théophile Gautier. Considered the inventor and undisputed master of animalier sculpture, Barye created an exceptional oeuvre parallel to that of his friend, the painter Eugène Delacroix. Barye used animal subjects to represent the extremes of power and emotion which were central to the Romantic movement, thereby challenging the accepted hierarchy of subject-matter in the French artistic establishment. The Cheval turc is generally regarded as the model which most powerfully epitomizes his unique sculptural vision.  RELATED LITERATURE
M. Poletti and A. Richarme, Barye, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, no. A 128; 
W.R. Johnston and S. Kelly, Untamed: The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye, Munich, London and New York, 2006, no. 57, pp. 158-159