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Jaguars, (sculpture). Artist:  Huntington, Anna Vaughn Hyatt, 1876-1973, sculptor. Title:  Jaguars, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Felines, (sculpture). Dates:  1925? Dedicated 1937. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Sculptures: limestone. Dimensions:  2 jaguars. Each jaguar: approx. 6 ft. 2 in. x 1 ft. 9 in. x 2 ft. 10 in. Inscription:  (Rock under right jaguar:) Anna H. Huntington/90/192 ...inscription illegible (Rock under left jaguar:) Anna H. Huntington signed Description:  Two jaguars each perched on its own sculpted rock. The jaguars flank the top of the staircase leading to Astor Court. The left lion is stretched out, resting, looking down over the edge of his rock. The right lion is concentrating on something on the ground below his rock and is about to pounce on it. Subject:  Animal -- Jaguar Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New York -- Bronx Sculpture Owner:  Administered by New York Zoological Society, Bronx, New York 10460 Located Bronx Zoo, Department of Exhibition and Graphic Arts, 185th Street & Southern Boulevard, Astor Court, Bronx, New York 10460 Remarks:  Anna Huntington sculptued these jaguars using one of the zoo's felines, Senor Lopez, as a model and later presented the jaguars to the zoo. References:  Index of American Sculpture, University of Delaware, 1985 Save Outdoor Sculpture, New York, New York survey, 1993. Illustration:  Image on file. Bridges, William, "Gathering of Animals an Unconventional History of the New York Zoological Society," New York: Harper & Row, Publishers, 1974, pg. 136-137. 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 76006441   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture 76006441 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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