Yawning Tiger, 1917

Inscribed #306 and stamped: Gorham Co. / Founders Q492 (model)

Paper label affixed to 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.

4” h., 13 1/4” l., 3” d. (bronze only), 5” h., 15 1/2'” x 4 ½” (base)

Provenance: Graham Gallery, New York, NY.

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