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| Keywords: Ferdinand Barbedienne - Bear in a Trough - Walters 27111 - Profile.jpg Walters Art Museum artwork Creator Antoine-Louis Barye A bear lies in its water trough holding food between its paws When Barye exhibited a plaster of this sculpture at the Paris Salon in 1833 he titled it Alpine Bear A cast in bronze by Honoré Gonon was subsequently purchased along with the Dead Gazelle by the duke of Orléans No other casts were made during Barye's lifetime This particular cast bearing a gold plate stamped FB was issued between 1876 and 1889 by Ferdinand Barbedienne who had purchased a plaster model for it at the artist's estate sale in 1876 modeled 1832; cast 1876-1889 bronze with a black over green patina cm 11 4 13 3 9 8 accession number 27 111 14405 William T Walters Baltimore prior to 1889 mode of acquisition unknown Henry Walters city Baltimore Walters Art Museum Henry Walters Acquired by William T Walters before 1889 Signature BARYE; Signature Cast through from model F BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR; Number Engraved on underside of cast 115; Transcription Stamped on rectangular gold plate and set into bronze FB; Number Painted inside in white W 88 The Works of Antoine-Louis Barye American Art Gallery New York New York 1889-1890 Untamed The Art of Antoine-Louis Barye The Walters Art Museum Baltimore; Philbrook Museum of Art Tulsa; The Henry Morrison Flagler Museum Palm Beach 2007-2008 place of origin Paris France Walters Art Museum license Sculptures by Antoine-Louis Barye Ferdinand Barbedienne Media contributed by the Walters Art Museum needs category review Sculptures in the Walters Art Museum | ||||
