. Barye : life and works of Antoine Louis Barye ... in memory of an exhibition of his bronzes, paintings, and water-colors, held at New York, in aid of the fund for his monument at Paris. o & : J to o Ill. o «1 o A POOR SALESMAN AND IN DEBT as it finds itself rooted to the spot and lifts its head to utter a long dis-mal howl! Even a wolf can have pathos under Baryes hand. It was an odd sort of salesman Barye made. Instead of telling thepeople who came to see him in the out-of-the-way spot where his shopand dwelling were that this or the other piece had been admired byprinces and the original o
. Barye : life and works of Antoine Louis Barye ... in memory of an exhibition of his bronzes, paintings, and water-colors, held at New York, in aid of the fund for his monument at Paris. o & : J to o Ill. o «1 o A POOR SALESMAN AND IN DEBT as it finds itself rooted to the spot and lifts its head to utter a long dis-mal howl! Even a wolf can have pathos under Baryes hand. It was an odd sort of salesman Barye made. Instead of telling thepeople who came to see him in the out-of-the-way spot where his shopand dwelling were that this or the other piece had been admired byprinces and the original or first proof bought by them, he left the visitorto his own devices and appeared more unwilling to part with his bronzesthan eager to sell. If the buyer was an amateur he found in the seller ashrewd critic. Often Barye insisted on improvements or a fresh cast-ing of the piece before letting it go. The financial difficulties in which he presently found himself involvedwere not lightened by his methods of work. Much thought and manyabortive studies for a statuette or a group went to the final result andmeantime the business side of his venture languished. He was con-scientious to a fault and feared
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