Tigre dévorant un gavial (Tiger Devouring a Gharial)
Antoine-Louis Barye, French, 1796 - 1875
about 1831
Bronze
Overall: 4 1/4 × 10 3/4 × 4 1/4 in. (10.8 × 27.3 × 10.8 cm)
Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth: Purchased through the Phyllis and Bertram Geller 1937 Memorial Fund
S.964.54
Geography
Place Made: France, Europe
Period
19th century
Object Name
Sculpture
Research Area
Sculpture
Not on view
Inscriptions
Signed and dated: Barye 183[-]
Exhibition History
Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, June 12, 1980.
Curator's Choice: Dartmouth College Permanent Collection, Jaffe-Friede, Strauss and Barrows Galleries, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 29, 1976-January 19, 1977.
Gifts of the Class of 1937, Beaumont-May Gallery, Hopkins Center Art Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 10-November 11, 1973.
Ivan Albright Gallery, Hood Museum of Art, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, July 29, 1994-June 5, 1995.
Permanent Collection, Carpenter Galleries, Dartmouth College, Hanover, New Hampshire, October 28, 1977-July 9, 1978.
Provenance
Gallery St. Charles, Monte Carlo; sold to M. R. Schweitzer (dealer), New York, Aug. 31, 1963; sold to present collection, 1964.
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