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Bartlett, Paul Wayland,
Gruet,
Animal -- Bear
Performing Arts -- Circus
Figure male -- Full length
Sculpture
Bohemian Bear Tamer, (sculpture).
Artist:
Bartlett, Paul Wayland, 1865-1925, sculptor.
Gruet
,
founder
.
Title:
Bohemian Bear Tamer, (sculpture).
Dates:
Modeled 1885-1887. Cast 1888.
Digital Reference:
Medium:
Bronze.
Dimensions:
69 3/8 x 33 x 45 1/2 in.
Inscription:
(On top of base, right:) Paul.W.Bartlett. / 87 (On left side of base:)
GRUET
FONDEUR./PARIS. signed
Founder
's mark appears.
Subject:
Animal -- Bear
Performing Arts -- Circus -- Animal Tamer
Figure male -- Full length
Object Type:
Sculpture
Owner:
Metropolitan Museum of Art, 5th Avenue at 82nd Street, New York, New York 10028 Accession Number: 91.14
Exhibitions:
Paris Salon of 1888, Paris, 1888.
Remarks:
Exhibited at the Paris Salon of 1888 as "Eleveur d'ours; groupe, bronze."
References:
Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
Fink, Lois Marie, "American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1990, pg. 191.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 455.
Illustration:
Fink, Lois Marie, "American Art at the Nineteenth-Century Paris Salons," Washington, DC: National Museum of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 1990, fig. 89.
Tolles, Thayer, ed., "American Sculpture in the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Volume 2: A Catalogue of Works by Artists Born between 1865 and 1885," New York, NY: Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2001, pg. 456.
Note:
The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide.
Repository:
Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012
Control Number:
IAS 76005000
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