Antoine-Louis Barye
Eléphant de Cochinchine
1869
Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown patina, 5-7/8 H x 10 L x 2-1/8 D in.
Credit Line
The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased as the gift of Stiles Tuttle Colwill and the Stiles Ewing Tuttle Memorial Trust
Object Number
2004.7
Elephant running with proper right foreleg forward and off the ground, and proper left hind leg back and off the ground. The elephant has large tusks; its trunk is held out front and curled down slightly at tip; its ears are flapping and sharply modeled; tail is straight out with the tip curved slightly up. Base: oval ground with stylized lines; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 2004; Christie's; Robert L. B. Tobin by descent from Margaret Batts Tobin; Maryland Institute, College of Art, on loan to The Baltimore Museum of Art; George A. Lucas.
Christie's, 19th Century Furniture, Sculpture, Works of Art and Ceramics, Tuesday, 28 October 2003, p. 192, Lot #204, Sale Number 1291.
Inscribed: Signed, "BARYE"
Markings: The underside with red paint, "Lucas," black ink, "COCHINCHINE" and "moderne" and with later-added bar with two adhesive labels printed, "BMA/cat.#/363" and "L.64.15/.44"
