The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design
The Perelman Collection: Masterworks of Design
Rembrandt Bugatti
Éléphant au Repos
Auction Closed
December 6, 07:17 PM GMT
Estimate
600,000 - 900,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Rembrandt Bugatti
Éléphant au Repos
circa 1909
original lifetime cast, number 10 from 11 recorded examples
executed by Fonderie A. A. Hébrard, France
patinated bronze
impressed R. Bugatti, stamped CIRE/PERDUE/A.A. HEBRARD and numbered 10
18 x 22½ x 8¾ inches (45.7 x 57 x 22.3 cm)
Galerie Aveline, Paris
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988
Acquired from the above by the present owner, 1988
André Salmon, Art et Décoration, 1913
Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, London, 1979, p. 44
Phillipe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, cover, pp. 204-205
Nadine Coleno & Uwe Hucke, eds., Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, New York, 1982, pp. 204-05
Edward Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti, Life in Sculpture, New York, 2004, p. 255
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Sculpteur, Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2009, p. 315, cat. no. 249
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Sculpteur, Répertoire monographique, A Meteoric Rise, Paris, 2016, p. 349, cat. no. 253
Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, London, 1979, p. 44
Phillipe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, cover, pp. 204-205
Nadine Coleno & Uwe Hucke, eds., Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, New York, 1982, pp. 204-05
Edward Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti, Life in Sculpture, New York, 2004, p. 255
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Sculpteur, Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2009, p. 315, cat. no. 249
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Sculpteur, Répertoire monographique, A Meteoric Rise, Paris, 2016, p. 349, cat. no. 253
This work is recorded in the archives of the Rembrandt Bugatti Conservatoire and is offered together with a certificate of authenticity.