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Ape Riding A Gnu (Singe Monte Sur Un Gnou) (Or) Ourangutang Riding A Gnu (Ourang-Outang Monte Sur Un Gnou)

Object Details

Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye, French, b. Paris, 1795–1875
Date
(c. 1845)
Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
9 1/8 X 10 3/4 X 4 IN. (23.1 X 27.3 X 10.0 CM.) INCL BASE H: 1 1/8 IN. (2.8 CM.); WT: 8 LB. (3.6 KG.)
Collection Object Type
Sculpture
Credit Line
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC, Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
Accession Number
66.382

Sotheby's London, 1964
Joseph H. Hirshhorn, New York, 1964-17 May 1966
Gift of Joseph H. Hirshhorn, 1966
HIRSHHORN MUSEUM AND SCULPTURE GARDEN, Smithsonian Institution, Washington, DC. "The Animal in Art: Selections from the Hirshhorn Museum Collection," 17 November 1977-15 January 1978, no. 5.
OKLAHOMA MUSEUM OF ART. "Sculptures from the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden," 9 August-7 December 1984.
ARNOT ART MUSEUM, Elmira, New York. "Bronze Animaliers," 5 October-30 November 1985.

Signature
Signed On Top Of Base CL: Barye
Inscriptions
Not DatedNo Inscription

Museum
Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden
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