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Adjutant Stork

Antoine Louis Barye (French, 1795–1875)
French
19th century
Object Place: Europe, France

Medium/Technique Wood
Dimensions 13.7 x 4.8 x 6.3 cm (5 3/8 x 1 7/8 x 2 1/2 in.)
Credit Line Samuel Putnam Avery Fund
Accession Number61.1198
NOT ON VIEW
CollectionsEurope
ClassificationsSculpture

DescriptionStork modeled in wax, fastened with an iron rod to rough wood block(pine?). Artist's surname on metal plaque at front of wood block.
Inscriptionsnone
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.