Lot 484
  • 484

Antoine-Louis Barye 1796 - 1875

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 EUR
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Description

  • Antoine-Louis Barye
  • Eléphant du Sénégal
  • bronze
  • 14,5 x 21 cm; 5 /23 by 8 1/3 in.
en bronze à patine feuille d'automne,
signé BARYE, cachet d'or FB,
numéro 3630 inscrit à l'encre et numéro 47 gravé à l'intérieur du bronze   

Literature

M. Poletti, A. Richarme, BARYE, Catalogue raisonné des sculptures, Paris, 2000, p. 251, n°238.

Condition

Very fine warm green brown patina with minor wear and some very minor oxydation to the base.
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