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Sitting Panther, 1906

Leopold Museum,
Vienna
Ceramics, glazed white
27.1×27.2×15.5 cm

Artists

  • Franz Barwig der Ältere

    (Šenov 1868–19531 Vienna)

Unfortunately not on display at the moment
The Sitting Panther by the Austrian sculptor Franz Barwig the Elder (1868–1931), its head slightly cocked to one side, appears in a state of high alert. The animal’s front legs are extended, while the area of the neck and shoulders, with its pronounced muscles, is tensed. Still in a poised position, the panther seems ready at any moment to leap off its plinth to attack its prey. Barwig the Elder, a graduate of the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts, who later taught there as a professor, developed a keen interest in animal depictions. At Schönbrunn Zoo, he studied various animal species, their movements and physiognomies. Contrary to a panther’s actual black color, the sculptor opted for ceramics with a white glaze, which invests the animal sculpture with an esthetic, stylized appearance.

Object data

Artist/author
  • Franz Barwig der Ältere
Title
Sitting Panther
Date
1906
Art movement
Hagenbund, Secession
Category
Sculpture
Material​/technique
Ceramics, glazed white
Dimensions
27.1×27.2×15.5 cm
Signature
Monogrammed on the base inside: F.B.; designated on the bottom: Franz Barwig d. Ä.
Credit line
Leopold Museum, Vienna, Inv. 4189
Inventory access
Contributed to the Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung in 1994
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Provenance

Provenance research
Leopold Museum i
Dr. Rudolf Leopold, Wien (o.D.);
Leopold Museum-Privatstiftung, Wien (seit 1994).

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