Carlo Bugatti

silver and vermeil
Branded Keller and with silver and maker's marks

Maître Paul Renaud, Paris, April 25, 1975

Hamburg, Museum Für Kunst und Gewerbe, Die Bugattis, Automobile, Möbel, Bronzen, Plakate, June 8 - August 28, 1983
Ferrare, Gallerie Civiche d'Arte Moderna, I Bugatti, July 3 - October 10, 1988
Vence, Château Notre-Dame des fleurs, Galerie Beaubourg, Bugatti, July - September 1995
Amsterdam, Beurs von Berlage, Bugatti : auto's, meubels en beelden van de familie Bugatti, December 19, 1998 - March 7, 1999
Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bugatti, July 18 - September 19, 1999
Paris, Musée d'Orsay, reConnaître Carlo Bugatti, April 10 - July 15, 2001

Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, illustrated p. 99
Die Bugattis, Automobile, Möbel, Bronzen, Plakate, exhibition catalogue, Museum für Kunst und Gewerbe, Hamburg, June 8 - August 28, 1983, mentionned p. 117, n. C 85 and illustrated p. 16
I Bugatti, exhibition catalogue, Gallerie Civiche Moderna, Palazzo dei Diamanti, Ferrare, July 3 - October 10, 1988, illustrated p. 65
Bugatti, les meubles, Bugatti, les sculptures, Bugatti, les autos, exhibition catalogue, Galerie Beaubourg, Château Notre-Dame des fleurs, Vence, July - September 1995, illustrated p. 122
Bugatti : auto's, meubels en beelden van de familie Bugatti, exhibition catalogue, Beurs von Berlage, Amsterdam, December 19, 1998 - March 7, 1999, illustrated p. 70
Bugatti, exhibition catalogue, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, July 18 - September 19, 1999, illustrated p. 35
reConnaître Carlo Bugatti, exhibition catalogue, Musée d'Orsay, Paris, April 10- July 15, 2001, illustrated p. 43
Marie-Madeleine Massé, Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2001, p. 124 for the original plaster

Good overall condition. Scattered minor surface scratches all over the surface of the vase and a few very minor dents, all consistent with age and use. The gilt is slightly worn throughout. The recessed areas with minor residue of silver polish and dirt Minor traces of oxidation throughout.
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