Antoine-Louis Barye (1795-1875) Seated Basset (long hair, head turned to the left) and Seated Basset (short hair, head turned to the right) Two bronze prints with brown patina forming a pendant. Signed " BARYE " on the back of the terrace. They bear the incised numbers "20" and "679", and for one the number written in ink "2412". H : 12,5 x terrace 26 x 9,7 cm Related literature: - Michel Poletti, Alain Richarme, Barye, le catalog raisonné des sculptures, Paris, Gallimard, 2,000, models listed as A 31 and A 32, p. 152 ; - Florence Rionnet, Les Bronzes Barbedienne. L'œuvre d'une dynastie de fondeurs (1834-1954), Paris, Arthena, 2016, model listed under Cat. 312, p. 254 These two bassets are designed by Barye as pendants. The print run of the Martin-Barye workshop is extremely small, our examples are early castings by Barbedienne.