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Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (American,
1876-1973)
Pair of Great Danes
Both signed, inscribed, and dated “Anna V.
Hyatt/Auvers-sur-Oise 1907” on the base.
Bronze with green patina, approximately 27 x
53 in. (68.5 x 134.5 cm).
Condition: Minor oxidation and surface wear/
accretions.
Provenance: A private Massachusetts
collection.
N.B. Anna Hyatt Huntington was known for
her works depicting animals, and she sculpted
a number of Great Danes throughout her
career, both in stone and in bronze. Granite
versions included a pair for John Hayes
Hammond, of Gloucester, presently in the
collection of Brookgreen Gardens, the South
Carolina sculpture garden founded by the
Huntingtons in the 1930s.
The dogs presented here were recast in the
1930s without their bases. In February 1907,
Hyatt traveled to France, and took a studio in
Auvers-sur-Oise, north of Paris. She remained
primarily in France until 1910. In 1911 she
exhibited two Great Dane bronzes at the Paris
Salon.
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