ID 779037 
Lot 194  | REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
Estimate value
$ 300 000 – 500 000 
'Lion de l'Atlas', 1908
patinated bronze, marble
15 3⁄4 x 27 1⁄8 x 9 5⁄8 in. (40 x 69 x 24.5 cm)
signed, dated, numbered, stamped with the foundry mark and inscribed R. Bugatti 1908 Anvers (2) CIRE PERDUE A.A HÉBRARD
Provenance
Honegger Collection, Lyon, 1908
Private Collection, France
Thence by descent to the present owner
Literature
G. Arata, "Un Grande Interprete della Fauna: Rembrandt Bugatti", Rassegna d'Arte Antica e Moderna, vol. II, Milan, 1915, p. 160
Rembrandt Bugatti, 1885-1916, exh. cat., Macklowe Gallery Ltd., New York, 1979, n.p., pl. 23
P. Dejean, Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1982, pp. 152-153
J.C. des Cordes and V. Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, p. 204-205
H. Hawley, Bugatti, exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, 1999, p. 63, fig. 26, cat. no. 57
E. Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti: Life in Sculpture, London, 2004, pp. 174-175, 273
V. Fromanger, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur, Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, pp. 159 and 336, no. 218
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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'Art Moderne et Contemporain, Strasbourg (inv. no. 55.975.10.6).
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 | 
| Artist: | Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916) | 
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| Applied technique: | Metalwork | 
| Medium: | Bronze | 
| Place of origin: | Italy, Europe | 
| Address of auction | CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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