Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973) Lived/Active: New York, Connecticut, South Carolina

Yawning Tiger
Modeling: 1902-06
Cast ca. 1917
Inscribed: #306 and stamped: Gorham Co. / Founders Q492 (model)
Paper label (affixed underside): Graham Gallery, 1014 Madison Avenue, New York 10021
Cast bronze mounted on a black slate base
Over-all in fine condition with beautiful patination, minor flakes to slate base.
Provenance: Graham Gallery, New York, New York.
This cast bronze of a Yawning Tiger is one of Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington’s most iconic and desirable figures.
Literature: The Gorham Company, Bronze Division Papers: Photograph Files of Statuary and Small Bronzes (New York, 1917), n.p., no. Q492, another example illustrated: The Gorham Company, Famous Small Bronzes (New York, 1928), pp. 14-15, another example illustrated: The Gorham Company, Bronze Division Papers: Records of Royalties Paid to Sculptors for Casting Their Works (New York, 1929), n.p., no. 253.

4” h., 13 ¼” l., 3” d. (bronze) / 5” h., 15 ½” x 4 ½” (on base)

Price: $11,500