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REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)

Lot 30
07.06.2024 11:00UTC -05:00
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ID 1230307
Lot 30 | REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
Estimate value
$ 150 000 – 250 000
REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
'Léopard au repos, ville de Paris, petit modèle', conceived circa 1911
patinated bronze, wood base
13 7/8 x 21 5/8 x 6 ½ in. (35.4 x 55 x 16.5 cm) (overall)
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark R. Bugatti (A8) CIRE PERDUE A.A. HÉBRARD




Provenance

M. Lionberger Davis, Saint Louis, circa 1927
Private Collection, USA
Christie's, New York, 11 June 1994, lot 90
Acquired from the above by the present owner



Literature

K. Parkes, "Rembrandt Bugatti: Modeller of Animals. Exhibition of Bronzes at the Abdy Galleries", Apollo, vol. 10, no. 59, 1 November 1929, p. 312 (another cast illustrated)
M. Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, Ascot, 1979, p. 39, no. 33 (another cast illustrated)
P. Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1982, p. 146 (another cast illustrated)
J. Chalom Des Cordes and V. Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris, 1987, p. 200 (another cast illustrated)
A Selection of Early 20th Century Figurative Sculpture, exh. cat., London, 1999 (another cast illustrated)
E. Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti, Life in Sculpture, London, 2004, p. 175 (another cast illustrated)
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur: Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2009, p. 322, no. 271 (another cast illustrated)
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur: Une trajectoire foudroyante. Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, pp. 355-356, no. 274 (another cast illustrated)



Further Details

This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Véronique Fromanger.

Twenty-three examples of this cast are known to exist today according to the catalogue raisonné. The original plaster maquette for the Grand Léopard au repos, ville de Paris is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome, to whom it was gifted by A. A. Hébrard.
Artist:Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916)
Applied technique:Metalwork
Medium:Bronze
Art style:Art Nouveau
Place of origin:Western Europe, France, Europe
Auction house category:Sculptures, Furniture and Lamps
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