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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.
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.