Antoine-Louis Barye and Barbedienne
Tête de Chimpanzee
1875-1908
Scroll
Physical Qualities
Bronze, gold-brown patina, 3 H x 20 1/4 L x 2 7/8 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
1996.46.71
Head of a chimpanzee with flat nose, open mouth, and curled upper lip. Sculpture shows head and part of neck. No proper base; sculpture cannot stand on its own.
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
Stuart Pivar, "Barye Bronzes," London: Antique Collectors' Club Ltd., 1974, A97, p. 165.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, "Barye Catalogue Raisonné des Sculptures," Paris: Gallimard, 2000, A3, p. 123, pl. 77.
Lillian Maria Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, LMB 93, pp. 26, 39-40.
Lillian Maria Burgunder, "Antoine-Louis Barye Sculptures and Decorative Objects in the Collection of The Baltimore Museum of Art," September 2006, LMB 93, pp. 26, 39-40.
Inscribed: On base: incised, "BARYE"; stamped, "F.Barbedienne.Fondeur". Two labels inside bottom of base: "511", "L.66.7.57".
