Mississippi Bear

Prints and Drawings

1836

Antoine Louis Barye
French, 1795-1875

Famed animal sculptor Antoine Louis Barye also produced watercolors and a few prints. Framed in a similar fashion to other images by Barye of animals such as lions and tigers, this lithograph shows a black bear from the exotic state of Mississippi. These large beasts were plentiful there until around 1900, attracting big game hunters, including President Theodore Roosevelt. During his 1902 visit to the Mississippi Delta, the president refused to shoot an injured and lassoed bear, considering it unsportsmanlike. This humane response is said to have inspired a toymaker to produce the Teddy Bear. After a precipitous population decline and a recent recolonization effort, black bears in Mississippi are now making a comeback.

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Department: Prints and Drawings

Artist: Antoine Louis Barye
Title: Mississippi Bear
Place: France (Artist's nationality:)
Date Dates are not always precisely known, but the Art Institute strives to present this information as consistently and legibly as possible. Dates may be represented as a range that spans decades, centuries, dynasties, or periods and may include qualifiers such as c. (circa) or BCE.: 1836
Medium: Lithograph on buff wove paper
Dimensions: Image: 17.3 × 23.1 cm (6 13/16 × 9 1/8 in.); Sheet: 21.5 × 27.3 cm (8 1/2 × 10 3/4 in.)
Credit Line: Print and Drawing Club Fund
Reference Number: 1965.150
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