ID 779012 
Lot 196  | REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
Estimate value
$ 500 000 – 700 000 
'Lionne jouant avec une boule', circa 1903
patinated bronze
13 1⁄4 x 23 3⁄4 x 8 1⁄4 in. (33.7 x 60.4 x 21 cm)
signed and stamped with foundry mark R. Bugatti CIRE PERDUE A.A.HÉBRARD, underside with paper label inscribed with Hébrard's inventory number 455
Provenance
Galerie A.A. Hébrard, Paris
Private Collection, New York
Thence by descent to the present owner, 1972
Literature
E. Sedeyn, "Expositions", L'Art décoratif, no. 70, Paris, July 1904 (for the plaster model)
J.-C. Des Cordes and V. Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti: Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1987, pp. 36-37
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur: Une trajectoire foudroyante. Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, pp. 58, 271-272, no. 44
Post lot text
Three examples of the model are known to exist today according to the catalogue raisonné. The original plaster cast of this model is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay, Paris (inv. no. RF 3570).
This lot is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity from Véronique Fromanger.
| Artist: | Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures | 
| Artist: | Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Auction house category: | Sculptures | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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