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    		• Cain, Auguste,
     
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    		• F. Barbedienne fonderie,
     
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    		• Animal -- Tiger
     
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    		• Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
     
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    Tigress and Cubs, (sculpture).
    Artist: 
    Cain, Auguste, 1822-1894, sculptor.
    F. Barbedienne fonderie, founder.
    Title: 
    Tigress and Cubs, (sculpture).
    Dates: 
    1866. Dedicated October 28, 1867. Relocated 1934-1937.
    Digital Reference: 
    Image Image Image
    Medium: 
    Sculpture: bronze; Base: Deer Isle white granite.
    Dimensions: 
    Sculpture: approx. 73 x 34 3/4 x 107 in.; Base: 9 x 38 x 90 1/2 in.
    Inscription: 
    (Front of sculpture, below foot:) A. CAIN/1866 (Rear of sculpture, below peacock's tail:) F. BARBEDIENNE FONDEUR, PARIS signed Founder's mark appears.
    Description: 
    A tigress stands with a dead peacock in her mouth, while her two cubs scamper at her feet. The peacock's limp body hangs with its tail feathers almost in reach of the cubs.
    Subject: 
    Animal -- Tiger
    Animal -- Bird -- Peacock
    Object Type: 
    Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- New York
    Sculpture
    Owner: 
    Administered by City of New York, Department of Parks and Recreation, The Arsenal - Central Park, New York, New York 10021
    Located Central Park, Central Park Zoo, New York, New York 10021
    Provenance: 
    Formerly located Central Park, Cherry Hill, north of mall facing 72nd Street Lake, New York, New York
    Remarks: 
    This piece was given to the City of New York by a group of twelve citizens, including Samuel F. B. Morse. It was originally placed in a secluded, wooded part of the park until a prominet 19th-century art critic, Clarence Cook, advocated the sculpture's relocation to a more suitable location. By 1934 the sculpture had been moved to the Central Park Zoo. SOS survey notes that the sculpture has been relocated twice and was repaired between 1934 and 1936.
    References: 
    Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985
    The City of New York, Department of Parks, 1941.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 197.
    Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993.
    Illustration: 
    Image on file.
    Gayle, Margot & Michele Cohen, "Guide to Manhattan's Outdoor Sculpture," New York: Prentice Hall, 1988, pg. 197.
    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 76003557
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