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Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne

Ours dans son auge

1831-1881

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Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne

Ours dans son auge

Ours dans son auge

1831-1881

Physical Qualities Bronze, golden brown patina, Overall: 4 1/2 x 5 1/2 x 3 5/8 in.
Credit Line The George A. Lucas Collection, purchased with funds from the State of Maryland, Laurence and Stella Bendann Fund, and contributions from individuals, foundations, and corporations throughout the Baltimore community
Object Number 1996.46.10
Bear seated in a trough holding both forepaws up to its mouth; hind legs, curved, slightly spread apart with paws almost touching, are resting on ground. Square base forms the trough in which the bear is seated; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchse, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift, 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest, 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris, by purchase, 1876; Barbedienne, Paris
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "The George A. Lucas Collection", October 12-November 21, 1965, no. 347.

The J.B. Speed Art Museum, Louisville, KY, November 12-December 27, 1970.

Inscribed: Side of base: front left, stamped 'BARYE'; front right, stamped and embossed gold 'FB'; right center, stamped 'F.BARBEDIENNE.FONDEUR.' Two stickers: L.64.15.11; BMA cat. #347. Black ink: 'OURS/ DANSSON AUGE/ MODERNE.' Number engraved: '38'. Side of base: right 'MODERNE' in black ink; left 'OURS DANSSONAUGE' in black ink.

Artist

Antoine-Louis Barye

1795–1874

French, 1796-1875
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Foundry

Barbedienne

2000–2000

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BUT I ASSURE YOU THAT THIS IS HIS BALL, AND I AM HIS FATHER! - THIS IS NOT ABOUT A BALL OR ABOUT A FATHER. IT IS NOT PERMITTED TO ENTER THE FLOWER BEDS OF THE TUILERIES. I ACTUALLY SHOULD LOCK YOU UP INSIDE THEM FOR EIGHT DAYS...!
Honoré Daumier
Mais puisque j'vous dis que c'est son ballon et que j'suis son papa!.... - N'y a pas d'papa ni d'ballon qui tienne...... on n'doit pas entrer dans les plate-bandes des Tuileries et mériteriez que j'vous empêche d'en sortir pendant huit jours!.....
1846
YES MY UNCLE, MY VIRTUOUS UNCLE, I WAS A SPENDTHRIFT, GAMBLER, SEDUCER, I HAD MANY FAULTS, IN A WORD I WAS FRIVOLOUS... BUT YOU'RE ILL, VERY ILL, THE DOCTORS HAVE ABANDONED YOU... I'VE COME TO AID YOU, TO FALL AT YOUR FEET, I'LL SWEAR... ANYTHING YOU LIKE... I'LL ONLY LEAVE YOU AT DEATH, MY KIND UNCLE, MY SO EXCELLENT UNCLE! LET'S EMBRACE AND PUT AN END TO IT. (MACAIRE, SOLE INHERITOR, HAS HIS DEAR UNCLE THROWN INTO A COMMON PIT).
Honoré Daumier
Oui, mon oncle, mon vertueux oncle, je fus dissipateur, joueur, débauché, j’eus bien des torts, en un mot, je fus léger : mais vous êtes malade, très malade, les médecins vous abandonnent…….. J’accours, je tombe à vos pieds, je jure….. tout ce que vous voudrez et je ne vous quitterai qu’à la mort, mon bon oncle, mon excellent oncle ! Embrassons- nous et que cela finisse. Macaire, légataire universel, fait jeter son cher oncle dans la fosse commune.
1836
THE HORSE RACES. THE CHINESE, WHO HAVE THE MOST UGLY CARRIAGE HORSES ONE CAN POSSIBLY IMAGINE, HAVE RECOGNIZED THE NECESSITY TO IMPROVE THIS INTERESTING BREED OF QUADRUPEDS. SO THE HORSE RACING ASSOCIATION OF BEIJING HAS HAD NO BETTER IDEA THAN TO MAKE THE HORSES RACE AND OVER A DISTANCE OF A MILE IN 4 MINUTES. TO THE CONTENTMENT OF THE ORGANIZING COMMITTEE, THE WINNER QUITE FREQUENTLY REACHES FINISHING LINE... ON A WHEEL BARROW. THE IMPROVEMENT
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Les Courses De Chevaux. Les Chinois, qui ont les plus détestables chevaux de fiacre qu'il soit possible d'imaginer, ont reconnu la nécessité d'améliorer cette intéressante race de quadrupèdes. En conséquence la Société Hippique de Pékin n'a cru pouvoir rien inventer de mieux que de créer des course où les chevaux doivent franchir une lieue en quatre minutes. Assez souvent le cheval arrive à son but, mais jamais la société d'encouragement, attendu que le vainqueur est alors ramené en triomphe chez lui... dans une charrette. Il est amélioré à perpétuité!
1843