Adjutant Stork
Antoine Louis Barye
(French, 1795–1875)
19th century
Object PlaceFrance
Medium/TechniqueWood
Dimensions13.7 x 4.8 x 6.3 cm (5 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit LineSamuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession number61.1198
On View
Not on viewClassificationsSculpture
Collections
ProvenanceGiven by the artist to Cyrus Edwin Dallin (b. 1861 - d. 1944), Boston and Arlington, MA [see note 1]. By 1961, Castano Galleries, Boston; 1961, sold by Castano Galleries to the MFA for $100. (Accession date: December 13, 1961)
Notes:
[1] According to a letter (dated December 13, 1961) in the curatorial object file written by Hanns Swarzenski, which recommends the pieces accession, the sculpture was given as a gift by Barye to Dallin.
Notes:
[1] According to a letter (dated December 13, 1961) in the curatorial object file written by Hanns Swarzenski, which recommends the pieces accession, the sculpture was given as a gift by Barye to Dallin.
Antoine Louis Barye
