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Tiger Walking

Antoine-Louis Barye (1796–1875)

The Barber Institute of Fine Arts

Tiger Walking
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Barye was the foremost of a group of nineteenth-century French sculptors who specialised in small bronzes of animal subjects. They exploited newly developed techniques of mass reproduction to generate numerous casts of their models for a growing middle-class market. This model was one of Barye’s most popular and continued to be cast by authorised French foundries up to the 1940s. The tiger’s tensed muscles are brilliantly observed and convey a powerful sense of menace.

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Title

Tiger Walking

Date

modelled 1836 & cast late 19th C

Medium

bronze

Measurements

H 21.3 x W 42.3 x D 7.4 cm;
Plinth: H 6.5 x W 43 x D (?) cm

Accession number

48.14

Acquisition method

purchased, 1948

Work type

Statue

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University of Birmingham, Edgbaston, Birmingham, West Midlands B15 2TS England

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Antoine-Louis Barye

1796–1875

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