Ludwig Passini (Austrian, 1832-1903)
A Shared Confidence
Signed and dated “L·PASSINI·ROM·1870”
within the composition l.l.
Watercolor on paper, sight size 13 x 9 1/2 in.
(33.0 x 24.1 cm), framed.
Condition: Minor rippling, not examined out
of frame.
$1,000-2,000
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Antoine-Louis Barye (French, 1795-1875)
Tigre qui marche (sur plinthe) [Walking
Tiger (On a Plinth)]
Signed “BARYE” within the cast by the tiger’s
back right foot, marked “F.BARBEDIENNE.
Fondeur.” on the base behind the tiger’s back
left foot.
Bronze with dark green and brown patina, 8
3/8 x 16 1/4 x 4 in. (21.3 x 41.3 x 10.2 cm).
Condition: Minor surface grime, dust to
interstices.
Literature: Stuart Pivar, The Barye Bronzes
(Suffolk: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1974), A58,
p. 141; Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme,
Barye. Catalogue raisonné des sculptures
(Paris: Gallimard, 2000), pp. 198-9, no. A70.
N.B. Following the Barbedienne Fondeur
mark, the word “France” is incised faintly in the
bronze in a smaller and lighter hand.
$2,000-3,000
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