Lot 410
  • 410

REMBRANDT BUGATTI | Petit faon axis

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Petit faon axis
  • Inscribed R. Bugatti, numbered (5) and stamped with the foundry mark A.A. Hebrard Cire Perdu
  • Bronze
  • Height: 12 1/4 in.
  • 31.1 cm
  • Conceived circa 1909-10 and cast in an edition of 35.

Provenance

Mrs. Wolney Towen, United States
Private Collection, Florida
Acquired from the above in 2018

Literature

Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, London, 1979, no. 76, illustration of another cast p. 61
Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1982, illustration of another cast p. 350
Jacques-Chalom des Cordes & Véronique Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, illustration of another cast p. 265
Edward Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti, Life in Sculpture, London, 2004, illustration of another cast p. 99
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, sculpteur: répertoire monographique, une trajectoire foudroyante, Paris, 2009, no. 263, illustration of another cast p. 319
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur, répertoire monographique, une trajectoire foudroyante, Paris, 2016, no. 267, illustration of another cast p. 353

Condition

Very good condition. Dark brown patina. The surface is clean and protective wax coating has been applied.
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Catalogue Note

This work is recorded in the archives of the Rembrandt Bugatti Conservatoire, Paris.