Lot 33
  • 33

Rembrandt Bugatti

Estimate
200,000 - 300,000 EUR
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Description

  • Léopard marchant, designed circa 1911
  • bronze patiné
  • 24 x 48,5 x 9,2 cm ; 9  3/4  x 19 x 3  5/8  in.
patinated bronze
Signed R. Bugatti, numbered (9) and with foundry mark Cire Perdue A.A. Hébrard on the base

Provenance

Former collection of M. Lang
(...)
Maître Marquis, Epinal, November 13, 1994

Exhibited

Vence, Château Notre-Dame des fleurs, Galerie Beaubourg, Bugatti, July - September 1995
Paris, Galerie Univers du Bronze, Collection Alain Lesieutre, 2001

Literature

Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, pp. 156-157
Jacques-Chalom des Cordes and Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris, 1987, p. 272
Bugatti, les meubles, Bugatti, les sculptures, Bugatti, les autos, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Beaubourg, Château Notre-Dame des fleurs, Vence, July - September 1995, illustrated p. 160
Véronique Fromanger, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur, répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, p. 356, n. 275

Condition

Very good overall condition Very minor handling wear on the patina, especially along the spine and on the flanks, consistent with age and gentle use. Dirt scattered and dust in crevices.
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Catalogue Note

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