Jean-Léon Gérôme
Tiger on the Watch

ArtistFrench, 1824–1904
CultureFrench
Titles
  • Tiger on the Watch
Datec. 1888
PlaceFrance
MediumOil on canvas
DimensionsCanvas: 25 × 35 5/8 in. (63.5 × 90.5 cm)
Frame: 40 × 51 in. (101.6 × 129.5 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Houston Art League, the George M. Dickson Bequest
Object numberAL.21
Current Location
The Audrey Jones Beck Building
220 McNair Gallery
On view

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ProvenanceFelix Isman, Philadelphia; [American Art Association, New York, February 3, 1911, no. 8]; R.C. Rose; [John Levy Galleries, New York, 1917]; George M. Dickson, Houston; bequest to Houston Art League, 1919.
Exhibition History"19th Century French Salon Paintings from Southern Collections," High Museum of Art, Atlanta, January 21–March 3, 1983; Chrysler Museum, Norfolk, Virginia, April 4–May 15, 1983; North Carolina Museum of Art, Raleigh, June 25–August 21, 1983; John and Mable Ringling Museum of Art, Sarasota, Florida, September 15–October 23, 1983.

"Collection: A Texas Phenomonon," McNay Art Museum, San Antonio, November 21–December 24, 1986.

"Antoine-Louis Barye: Works from the Corcoran Gallery of Art," The Sarah Campbell Blaffer Gallery, The University of Houston, November 4–December18, 1988.

"500 Years of French Art," San Antonio Museum of Art, April 7–August 20, 1995.

"From the Private Collections of Texas: European Art, Ancient to Modern," Kimbell Art Museum, Fort Worth, November 22, 2009–March 21, 2010.

"Fortuny: Friends and Followers," Meadows Museum, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, February 3–June 2, 2019.

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