REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)

Lot 194
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Lot 194 | REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
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$ 300 000 – 500 000
REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)

'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.
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