Lot 32
  • 32

Rembrandt Bugatti

Estimate
30,000 - 50,000 EUR
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Description

  • Petit chat à l'écuelle, designed circa 1905
  • bronze patiné
  • 14 x 25,5 x 13,5 cm ; 5  1/2  x 10 x 5  1/4  in.
patinated bronze
Signed R. Bugatti, numbered (3) and with foundry mark Cire Perdue A.A. Hébrard on the base

Provenance

Former collection of Mr Alfred Bernheim
(...)
Maître Philippe Sadde, Dijon, December 12, 1999

Exhibited

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

Literature

Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 150
Jacques-Chalom des Cordes and Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris, 1987, pp. 118-119
Véronique Fromanger, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur, répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, p. 294, n. 116

Condition

Very good overall condition. Handling wear to the patina, especially along the protruding areas, all along the cat's spine and on one shoulder, visible on the catalogue illustration, all consistent with age and gentle use. Dust and dirt in the crevices.
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Catalogue Note

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