Pair of Great Danes

Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (American, 1876–1973)

1907

Object PlaceAuvers-sur-Oise, France

Medium/TechniqueBronze with green patina

DimensionsOverall ((A) Dog with two front paws hanging over front of base. ): 68.6 x 47.3 x 134.6 cm (27 x 18 5/8 x 53 in.)
Weight: 261 lb. (118.39 kg)
Height x width ((B) Dog with proper left paw bent inward/ right paw over hanging): 10 5/8 x 7 3/16 in., 134.6 cm, 110.68 kg (27 x 18.3 cm, 53 in., 244 lb.)

Credit LineH. E. Bolles Fund, Frederick Brown Fund, Benjamin Pierce Cheney Donation, Marshall H. Gould Fund, Mary E. Moore Gift, Otis Norcross Fund, In Memory of John F. Paramino, Boston Sculptor, Robert M. Rosenberg Family Fund, and Mary L. Smith Fund

Accession number2013.61.1-2

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ClassificationsSculpture

Collections

Americas

InscriptionsSigned and dated on base: "Anna V. Hyatt / Auvers-sur-Oise 1907"ProvenanceBy the 1950s, owned in Vermont (possibly by Mr. and Mrs. Frank Hatch of Hartland, Vermont (1)); about 1960, acquired by Stephen H. Farley (b. 1912 - d. 2003) Chelmsford, Massachusetts (2); February 1, 2013, American & European Works of Art Sale, Skinner Auctions, Boston, lot 551, sold to the MFA. (Accession date: February 27, 2013)

(1) Possibly Frank W. Hatch (8. 1878 - d. 1961), propritor of an antiques shop, Hartland, Vermont
(2) The pair appears in a photograph published in The Lowell Sun, June 29, 1961, identified as on the lawn of Stephen H. Farley at 204 Chelmsford Street, Chelmsford.
CopyrightReproduced with permission.