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Two Bears Wrestling
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About this work
Antoine-Louis Barye entered this sculpture in the 1833 Paris Salon, describing it as “Two bears wrestling, one North American, the other from the Indies.” He modeled many sculptures of bears in the zoo at the Jardin des Plantes, and often named them according to the cage labels, which identified their country of origin.
Smithsonian American Art Museum’s own descriptionSubjects
Credit lineTwo Bears Wrestling. by 1833. Antoine-Louis Barye, French, born Paris, France 1796-died Paris, France 1875. Smithsonian American Art Museum, Smithsonian American Art Museum, Bequest of Olin Dows. CC0.
