Dancing Monkey

CC0 Public Domain Designation

Painting and Sculpture of Europe

c. 1835/40

Christophe Fratin (French, 1801–1864)
Cast by Quesnel Foundry (French, active 19th century)

Status: Currently Off View
Department: Painting and Sculpture of Europe

Artist: Christophe Fratin
Title: Dancing Monkey
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.: 1830–1845
Medium: Bronze
Dimensions: H.: 15.9 cm (6 1/4 in.)
Credit Line: Bequest of Chester D. Tripp
Reference Number: 1988.35.1
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Jane Horswell, Bronze Sculpture of Les Animaliers, Reference and Price Guide (Clopton, England: Antique Collectors’ Club, 1971), p. 84.
James Mackay, The Animaliers: A Collector’s Guide to the Animal Sculptors of the 19th and 20th Centuries (New York: Dutton, 1973), p. 62.
Michel Poletti and Alain Richarme, Fratin: Objects décoratifs & Sculptures romantiques (Paris: Éditions Univers du Bronze, 2000), p. 40, no. 43.

Art Institute of Chicago, “Small Bronzes from Chicago Collections,” 22 July – 8 October 1972 [no cat.].

Chester D. Tripp (d. 1974), Chicago, by 1974; by descent to his widow, Jane B. Tripp (d. 1988); bequeathed to the Art Institute, 1988.

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