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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

    (Schönau [today: 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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