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Lot 8
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REMBRANDT BUGATTI | Panthère marchant, patte arrière levée, designed circa 1904

Estimate
250,000 - 350,000 EUR
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Description

  • Panthère marchant, patte arrière levée, designed circa 1904
  • Signed RBugatti, numbered D8 and with foundry mark CIRE PERDUE A.A.HEBRARD on the base
  • 20,5 x 51,5 x 12 cm ; 8 x 20  1/4  x 4  3/4  in.
patinated bronze sculpture

Provenance

Collection Ferdinand Delfortrie, France
Thence by descent

Literature

Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 156
Edward Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris, 2006, pp. 170-171
Véronique Fromanger, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur, répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, p. 296, n. 122

Condition

Very good overall condition. The patina presents with very rare and very light instances of wear and some very minute areas of wear to some of the protrudring elements. The base is the original one. Dimensions are given without the base. Dimensions with the base : 25 x 53 x 13 cm
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Catalogue Note

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