Physical Qualities
Bronze, brown-black patina, 9-1/16 H x 10-5/8 W x 4 D 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
1996.46.89
An ape riding a gnu (a large African antelope) holding the gnu's mane with its proper right hand, and the tail with its proper left hand. The gnu's mouth is open and its proper left foreleg is raised. Base: rectangular ground; no rim.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by purchase, 1996; from Maryland Institute, College of Art, Baltimore, by gift 1910; from Henry Walters, Baltimore, by bequest 1909; from George Aloysius Lucas, Paris, by commission 1888; Gruet, Paris
Eugene Leake, The Maryland Institute, Baltimore, January 12-13, 1971.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 1, 1972.
The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, "Primates in Art", August 1-27, 1972.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Dulce Biddle Gallery for the Blind, Raleigh, NC, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 6, 1972.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints", August 12-September 28, 1975.
North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Duke Biddle Gallery for the Blind, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 1, 1972.
The Portland Art Museum, Portland, OR, "Primates in Art", August 1-27, 1972.
The North Carolina Museum of Art, Mary Dulce Biddle Gallery for the Blind, Raleigh, NC, "Antoine Louis Barye Exhibition", September 1-November 6, 1972.
The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Barye: Contrasting Viewpoints", August 12-September 28, 1975.
Inscribed: Signed on base: 'BARYE'. Bottom of base: dissolved ink(?): 'Singe Sur Gnou/ Modern'; one label, bottom of base: L.66.7.76. Masking tape with numbers: '434'.
