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Lioness Carrying to Her Young a Wild Boar, (sculpture). Artist:  Cain, Auguste, 1822-1894, sculptor. F. Barbedienne fonderie, founder. Title:  Lioness Carrying to Her Young a Wild Boar, (sculpture). Dates:  1880 or 1886. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculpture: bronze; Base: Quincy granite. Dimensions:  Sculpture: approx. 80 x 122 1/2 x 40 in.; Base: approx 3 x 10 x 4 ft. Inscription:  F. BARBEDIENNE fondeur/PARIS (Base, left side:) A. Cain 1886 (or A. CAIN 1880) signed Founder's mark appears. Description:  A standing lioness carrying a dead boar in her mouth. At her feet are three small cubs looking up to her for food. Subject:  Animal -- Lion Animal -- Pig Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Sculpture Owner:  Philadelphia Zoological Garden, 34th Street & Girard Avenue, Carnivora House, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104 Provenance:  Formerly located River Drive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Formerly located Lemon Hill, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania until 1950. Exhibitions:  Paris Salon of 1886, Paris, 1886. Remarks:  SOS! survey notes that the piece was created in 1880 and that it is dated 1880, but "Sculpture of a City" and "Public Art in Philadelphia" note that the piece was created in 1886. The sculpture was originally installed along River Drive, but was relocated to the foot of Lemon Hill because its realistic appearance scared many horses. In 1950 it was moved to the zoo. Conservation:  Treated 2006 March-April. Kreilick Conservation, LLC (Oreland, PA). Treatment report on file with owner and conservator. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 City of Philadelphia, 1973. Philadelphia Zoological Garden, 1990. National Park Service, American Monuments and Outdoor Sculpture Database, PA0133, 1989. Monumental News, Jan. 1891; Dec. 1895. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 150. Bach, Penny Balkin, "Public Art in Philadelphia," Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1992, pg. 206. Save Outdoor Sculpture, Pennsylvania, Philadelphia survey, 1993. SOS Conservation Notification Report, 2008. Illustration:  Image on file. Monumental News, Dec. 1895, pg. 747. Fairmount Park Art Assoc., "Sculpture of a City: Philadelphia's Treasures in Bronze & Stone," NY: Walker Publ., 1974, pg. 150. 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 75009332   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 75009332 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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