Lot 31
  • 31

Rembrandt Bugatti

Estimate
15,000 - 20,000 EUR
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Description

  • Une Oie, small version, designed circa 1911-1912
  • bronze patiné
  • 14,2 x 12 x 6 cm ; 5  1/2  x 4  3/4  x 2  3/8  in.
patinated bronze
Signed R. Bugatti, numbered (14) and with foundry mark Cire Perdue A.A. Hébrard on the base

Provenance

Former collection collection of Mr Oppenheimer
(...)
Maître Ferri, Paris, June 4, 1999, lot 60

Exhibited

Paris, Galerie Univers du Bronze, Collection Alain Lesieutre, 2001

Literature

Jacques-Chalom des Cordes and Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris, 1987, p. 288
Véronique Fromanger, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur, répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, pp. 359-360, n. 285

Condition

Very good overall condition. Very minute areas with wear to the patina on the tip of the tail, the tip of the beak (visible on the catalogue illustration), the tip of one webbed foot and the upper part of one leg, all consistent with age and gentle use. Minor traces of oxidation on one flank. A few very minor shallow holes scattered on the bronze, inherent to the manufacturing process.
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Catalogue Note

Nineteen bronze casts of this model are known to exist.
This lot is sold with a certificate from Mrs Véronique Fromanger.