Master Paintings and Drawings
Master Paintings and Drawings
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Antoine-Louis Barye
A) Tiger devouring a horse B) Lionne déchirant la poitrine d’un Arabe, after Delacroix
No reserve
Lot Closed
October 22, 05:13 PM GMT
Estimate
1,000 - 1,500 USD
Lot Details
Description
Sold to Benefit the Acquisition Fund of the Cleveland Museum of Art, Sold Without Reserve
Antoine-Louis Barye
Paris 1796 - 1875
A) Tiger devouring a horse
B) Lionne déchirant la poitrine d’un Arabe, after Delacroix
A) Black chalk on tanned paper, laid down on card
B) Pen and brown ink
A) 109 by 237 mm; 4¼ by 9⅜ in.
B) 188 by 275 mm; 7½ by 10⅞ in.
A) The artist's studio stamp, lower left (L.220),
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des Oeuvres de feu Barye....dependant de la succession de M. Barye, 7-12 February 1876, unspecified lot;
George Haviland, Esq., Paris,
his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 2-3 June 1932, lot 2;
M. Georges Viau, Paris,
his sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 24 February 1943, lot 1;
with Sagot, Le Garrec & Cie, Paris;
Benjamin Sonneberg, New York,
his estate sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 5-9 June 1979, lot 607,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
B) The artist's studio stamp, lower left (L.220),
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des Oeuvres de feu Barye....dependant de la succession de M. Barye, 7-12 February 1876, unspecified lot;
with Jan Milner, New York, by 1979,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des Oeuvres de feu Barye....dependant de la succession de M. Barye, 7-12 February 1876, unspecified lot;
George Haviland, Esq., Paris,
his sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, 2-3 June 1932, lot 2;
M. Georges Viau, Paris,
his sale, Paris, Hotel Drouot, 24 February 1943, lot 1;
with Sagot, Le Garrec & Cie, Paris;
Benjamin Sonneberg, New York,
his estate sale, New York, Sotheby Parke Bernet, 5-9 June 1979, lot 607,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
B) The artist's studio stamp, lower left (L.220),
Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Catalogue des Oeuvres de feu Barye....dependant de la succession de M. Barye, 7-12 February 1876, unspecified lot;
with Jan Milner, New York, by 1979,
where acquired by Muriel Butkin, Shaker Heights, OH
The second drawing offered in this lot is a copy of an etching by Eugene Delacroix, Lionne déchirant la poitrine d’un Arabe, dating to 1849.