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Source Description
"Python in a Tree" represents a snake coiled around branches in a lush, verdant tropical forest setting. This work dates from Barye's maturity in the 1850s to 1860s and is among his most colorful watercolors. This is especially evident in the flecks of blue, red, pink, and orange that animate the snake's skin. Barye defines the animal's shape in pen and India ink, making it stand out in relief and giving it a three-dimensional quality. He also demonstrates his penchant for scraping away paint, particularly in the two lowest loops of the snake's tail, where his vigorous scraping, to a degree rarely seen in the output of any 19th-century draftsman, reveals clearly the fibrous nature of the paper below.
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Document identity
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8029
label
Python in a Tree
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drawing
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Source metadata
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8029
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drawing
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normalized
title
Python in a Tree
description
"Python in a Tree" represents a snake coiled around branches in a lush, verdant tropical forest setting. This work dates from Barye's maturity in the 1850s to 1860s and is among his most colorful watercolors. This is especially evident in the flecks of blue, red, pink, and orange that animate the snake's skin. Barye defines the animal's shape in pen and India ink, making it stand out in relief and giving it a three-dimensional quality. He also demonstrates his penchant for scraping away paint, particularly in the two lowest loops of the snake's tail, where his vigorous scraping, to a degree rarely seen in the output of any 19th-century draftsman, reveals clearly the fibrous nature of the paper below.
provenance
Charles Binder [date and mode of acquisition unknown]; Charles Binder Estate Sale, Hôtel Drouot, Paris, April 8, 1873, lot no. 2; Galerie Georges Petit, Paris; William T. Walters, Baltimore, 1883, by purchase; Henry Walters, Baltimore, 1894, by inheritance; Walters Art Museum, 1931, by bequest.
date
ca. 1850-1860
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CC0
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en
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Painting & Drawing
watercolors (paintings)
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2
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2
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import
dimensions
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cm
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27
height
37
dimensionsRaw
H: 10 5/8 x W: 14 9/16 in. (27 x 37 cm)
Source extras
inscriptions
""BARYE"" in lower right in red watercolor; ""no. 82"" and ""4"" on reverse in graphite
RelatedObjects
12526
med
watercolor with scraping and gum varnish on cream, thick wove paper
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6082
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