Rembrandt Bugatti
Jaguar accroupi, petit modèle
Three Bronzes from an Important Private Collection
Rembrandt Bugatti
1884 - 1916
Jaguar accroupi, petit modèle
inscribed RBugatti, numbered (47) and stamped with the foundry mark CIRE PERDUE A.A. HÉBRARD
bronze with original marble base
length: 19.6cm., 7¾in.
length (including base): 21.2cm., 8⅜in.
Conceived circa 1908 and cast in bronze in a numbered edition of 51.
This work is recorded in the archives of the Rembrandt Bugatti Conservatoire, Paris.
Bronze with an attractive dark brown patina. There is some minor patina wear and light surface scratches in places, consistent with age and handling, and some light surface dirt in some of the crevices. This work is in overall very good condition.
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Univers du Bronze, Paris (purchased at the above sale)
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Répertoire Monographique, Paris, 2016, no. 220, colour illustration of another cast p. 338