Striding Tiger
Artist
Antoine-Louis Barye
French, 1796–1875
Datemodeled before 1874; cast later
MediumBronze
Dimensions(with base) 9 5/8 x 10 x 4 in. (24.4 x 25.4 x 10.2 cm)
ClassificationsSculpture
Credit LineGift of Colonel and Mrs. Theodore Holcombe
Object numberG.71.3.1
On View
Not on viewPublished References"Acquisitions," North Carolina Museum of Art Bulletin 11, nos. 1 and 2 (December 1971), listed 65, illus. (b-w) 50.
"New Acquisitions Announced," North Carolina Museum of Art Calendar of Art Events 14, no. 10 (August-September 1971), discussed and illus. (b-w) unnumbered page.
La Chronique des Arts (Supplement a la Gazette des Beaux-Arts), Fevrier (1972), 187.
Jennifer Dasal, "In the 'Animal Gallery': Barye's Striding Tiger," in North Carolina Museum of Art Preview (Summer 2011), discussed 26, illus. in situ (color), 26-27.
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