Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington (1876-1973)
Jaguar Reaching (Panther)
inscribed 'A.V. Hyatt' (on the base) and stamped '27' and 'GORHAM CO / Q38' (along the edge of the base)
bronze with greenish brown patina
6 1/2 in. high
Modeled in 1906, cast circa 1910.
Footnotes:
Provenance
Private collection, Florida.

Literature
Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Gorham Company, Bronze Division Papers: 3. Casting Records of Statuary and Small Bronzes Owned by Gorham, Q Numbers Assigned to Bronzes, 1905-1970, New York, 1906, p. 2, no. Q38, another example listed, as Panther.
Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Gorham Company, Bronze Division Papers: 5. Records of Royalties Paid to Sculptors for Casting Their Works, New York, 1906, no page, no. Q38, another example listed, as Panther.
Gorham Company, Bronze Division, Gorham Company, Bronze Division Papers: 7. Photograph Files of Statuary and Small Bronzes, New York, 1906, no page, no. Q38, another example illustrated, as Panther.


There are 251 known versions of Anna Vaughn Hyatt Huntington's Jaguar Reaching (Panther) of this size, including the present work numbered 27, cast by Gorham Manufacturing Company, Bronze Division between 1906 and 1946.