133 - Antoine-Louis BARYE (Paris, 1795–1875)

Antoine-Louis BARYE (Paris, 1795–1875) Theseus Fighting the Minotaur, Second Version Bronze model head with a nuanced reddish-brown patina Signed “BARYE” on the pedestal Numbered “No. 580” below in intaglio Bears a label with the number “9” below Theseus Fighting the Minotaur, bronze model by A.-L. Barye 17.72 x 13.38 x 6.50 in. 45 x 34 x 16.5 cm Provenance: Sale of the Barye studio, Paris, Hôtel Drouot, Me Pillet, February 7–12, 1876, lot 580 (bronze model with its plaster cast), 5,050 francs, acquired by P. Goupil for a Ferdinand Barbedienne edition; Ferdinand Barbedienne Collection; Jacques Zoubaloff Collection; His estate sale, Paris, Galerie Georges Petit, June 16–17, 1927, lot 186 (40,000 francs); Barye Bronzes, An Important Private Collection [Eduardo Guinle], New York, Christie’s, April 25, 2003, lot 150 ($240,000); Probably acquired at this auction by the family of the current owner; Private collection, Paris Exhibitions: Exhibition of works by Antoine-Louis Barye, member of the Institut, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, November 1875, no. 169 (p. 69). Exhibition of works by Antoine-Louis Barye, member of the Institute, Paris, École des Beaux-Arts, May 1889, no. 26 (28) Bibliography: related: Roger Ballu, *The Work of Barye*, Paris, Maison Quantin, 1890, pp. XII, XVII, p. 88, p. 91, plate between pp. 92 and 93, pp. 104 and 105, pp. 114, 162, and 165 Stuart Pivar, *The Barye Bronzes*, Woodbridge, 1974, model listed as no. F 20 Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, *Barye: A Catalog Raisonné of Sculptures*, Paris, 2000, p. 108, model listed under no. F 32 (second version) Florence Rionnet, The Barbedienne Bronzes: The Work of a Dynasty of Casters (1834–1954), Paris, 2016, model listed under cat. no. 427, p. 272 Antoine-Louis BARYE (Paris, 1795–1875) 45 x 34 x 16.5 cm