Founded in 1986, the Univers du Bronze Gallery mainly exhibits bronzes by major sculptors of the last two centuries, 19th and 20th.
The artists exhibited include Barye, Bugatti, Carpeaux, Degas, Giacometti, Laurens, Lipchitz, Maillol, Rodin …
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme have published several catalogues raisonnés about Barye, Carpeaux… Our collections are exhibited at BRAFA (Brussels), TEFAF Maastricht, Treasure House Fair (London) and FAB PARIS (Paris).
The Gallery will be pleased to present its end-of-year catalogue at FAB Paris 2025.
Antoine-Louis BARYE
(1795-1875)
Python enlaçant une gazelle
(1840)
Possibly in pair with “Python étouffant un crocodile”(1841)
Bronze, richly shaded clear brown patina
H: 16,7 cm, L: 39 cm, D: 14,2 cm
First example stamped “Barye 1”, the only one signed and dated “Barye 1840”, artist example probably by his own foundry.
Circa 1840
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