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Title: Illustrated catalogue of the art treasures collected by the well-known connoisseur the late Cyrus J. Lawrence, Esq. New York (electronic resource)
Year: 1910 (1910s)
Authors: American Art Association Kirby, Thomas E. (Thomas Ellis), 1846-1924 American Art Galleries
Subjects: Lawrence, Cyrus J
Publisher: New York : American Art Association
Contributing Library: Frick Art Reference Library
Digitizing Sponsor: Metropolitan New York Library Council METRO

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c AXTOIXE LOUIS BAR YE STANDING LIONWater-Coin An evening view, appropriately chosen, tor displaying thefigure of a lioness looking about for prey to sustain her cubs,left behind in some convenient cave. She is listening to tin-sounds of bird and beast; perhaps she is calculating that at thistime the antelopes come in from the veldt to drink at thenearest water, (iood effect of suspended action, of intensequiet, of alert senses. Signed at llit< lower right. Bahyk. 11 tight, H( inrhex; length, I J ■• inch ex
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ANTOINE LOUIS BARYE LION RECLININGWater-Color Lions have always been remarkable for their repose comparedwith other big eats. That quiet and the bi mane and headhave given ii a reputation for nobility of nature as well ,-ismajesty of pose. To this is due the many fables of thegrateful lion and the preference shown for this beast inheraldry. A big male reposing after the hunt in a landscapewhich would not be out of place in the Euphrates Valley or theSouth African veldt Signed til lower• Height, 9j4 im/trx: length, 19 inches.

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