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ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE (1795-1875)

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ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE (1795-1875)
Two pheasants, hanging bronzes.
Antique fonts with brown patina, circa 1850.
Pheasant (head turned to the left).
Signed on the terrace and stamped BARYE with proof number 89.
Height: 11 cm - Terrace: 10.9 cm x 4.5 cm
(Wear)
Pheasant (head turned to the right)
Signed on the terrace and stamped BARYE with proof number 31.
Height: 10 cm - Terrace: 11.6 cm x 4.6 cm (Wear, broken hind leg)
These two Barye pheasants, from the same provenance, are very rare examples cast during the artist's lifetime, as attested by the stamp and associated proof numbers.

BIBLIOGRAPHY
Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Barye, Le catalog raisonné des sculptures, Paris, Gallimard, 2000, models listed under nos. A 192 and A 193, pp. 225 and 336.