Details
| Artist | Louis-Ernest Barrias, French, 1841-1905 |
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| Foundry | Susse Frères |
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| Date | ca. 1902 |
| Medium | Ivory and silvered bronze with turquoise and gilt bronze decoration on a base of fluorite (green and purple mineral) |
| Dimensions | Overall (figure): 29 1/2 × 19 × 21 inches (74.9 × 48.3 × 53.3 cm) Overall (base): 4 1/4 × 6 3/4 × 6 3/4 inches (10.8 × 17.1 × 17.1 cm) |
| Credit Line | Founders Society Purchase, Henry Ford II Fund |
| Accession Number | 1986.49 |
| Department | European Sculpture and Dec Arts |
| On View | Era of Revolution S302, Level 3 (see map) |
Signed, Marks, Inscriptions
| Signed | Signed, on spherical base, at right: E. Barrias |
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| Inscriptions | Inscribed, at rear of spherical base: SUSSE FRÈRES FONDEURS| [crossed hammer, tongs and calipers] |
Provenance
by 1972, (Michael Hall Fine Arts New York, New York, USA);
by 1980, David Daniels (New York, New York, USA);
(Shepherd Associates Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
by 1980, David Daniels (New York, New York, USA);
(Shepherd Associates Gallery, New York, New York, USA);
1986-present, purchase by the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
Published References
Sculpture from the David Daniels Collection. Exh. cat., Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Minneapolis, 1980, no. 42 (cover ill.).
Nineteenth Century French and Western European Sculpture in Bronze and Other Media. Sales cat., Shepherd Gallery Associates. New York, 1985, no. 82 (ill.).
Nineteenth Century French and Western European Sculpture in Bronze and Other Media. Sales cat., Shepherd Gallery Associates. New York, 1985, no. 82 (ill.).
