Tiger on the Watch

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Artist Jean-Léon Gérôme (French, 1824–1904)French, 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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Department

Arts of Europe and the Mediterranean

Object Type

PAINTING

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.
Published References Allyn, Rex. "Salon Paintings in Rare, Special Collection." Sarasota Herald-Tribune. September 18, 1983. Heller, Faith. "Oh, to Hang in a Paris Salon". Winston Salem, N.C. Journal, 1983. Zafran, Eric M. "French Salon Paintings from Southern Collections". The High Museum of Art, Atlanta, 1982. Reproduced fig. 35, p. 110 of this exhibit catalog. Davis, Douglas. "Dr Jeckyll meets Mr. Hyde". Newsweek, March 5, 1973. Houston Post, October 15, 1939, "What to see at Art Museum". Ackerman, gerald M. "La vie et l'oeuvre de Jean-Leon Gerome". Paris: ACR Edition, 1986, reproduced figure 539 in Les Orientalistes, Vol. 4.

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