Auction: American & European Works of Art - 2609BLocation: BostonDate / Time: September 07, 2012 12:00PM
Description:
Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1796-1875)
Lion au serpent (Salon de 1833)[Lion and Serpent (1833 Salon)] / 1er réduction
Signed "BARYE" within the cast on the reverse, foundry stamped "CIRE PERDUE/
LEBLANC -BARBEDIENNE/A PARIS" on the reverse.
Bronze with brown patina, approximately 15 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 11 in. (38.8 x 52.1 x 27.9 cm).
Condition: Minor dust to interstices and casting sand on the underside.
Literature: Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Barye: Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures (Gallimard, 2000),no. A50, p 172.
Estimate $10,000-15,000