Lot 392
  • 392

Rembrandt Bugatti

Estimate
50,000 - 70,000 USD
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Description

  • Grand Pélican en conversation
  • Inscribed R Bugatti, stamped with the foundry mark CIRE/PERDUE/A.A. HEBRARD and numbered (9)
  • Bronze
  • Height: 9 5/8 in.
  • 24.5 cm

Provenance

Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, Paris (acquired in 1929)
Private Collection, San Francisco
Sladmore Gallery, London
Acquired from the above

Exhibited

San Francisco, Maxwell Galleries, The Animaliers, 1974
Sladmore Gallery, London, 1976
New York, Macklowe Gallery, Rembrandt Bugatti 1885-1916, 1979
Sladmore Gallery, London, 1988

Literature

Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916): An Illustrated Catalogue and Biography, London, 1979, illustration of another cast p. 77
Philippe Dejean, Carlo, Rembrandt, Ettore, Jean Bugatti, New York, 1982, illustration of another cast p. 170
Jacques Chalom des Cordes & Véronique Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, illustration of another cast p. 140
Edward Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti, Life in Sculpture, London, 2004, illustrations of another cast pp. 100-01
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur- Répertoire Monographique, Paris, 2009, no. 155, illustration of the group cast p. 285

Condition

Dark brown patina. Surface is clean. There are a few small nicks around the edge of the base. Cast is extremely crisp and detailed. Work is in excellent condition.
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