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Property of a West Coast Private Collector

Rembrandt Bugatti

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Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property of a West Coast Private Collector

Rembrandt Bugatti

1884 - 1916


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inscribed R.Bugatti., numbered (4) and stamped with the foundry mark A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue (on the base)

bronze

height: 14 in. 35.6 cm.

Conceived circa 1907 and cast in an edition of 8 known bronzes between circa 1904-34 by the Hébrard foundry, Paris.


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

Galerie A.A. Hébrard, Paris
Nicolas Borsje (Galerie d'Art Nouveau), Paris
Private Collection, California (acquired from the above in July 1976)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916): An Illustrated Catalogue and Biography, London 1979, no. 98, p. 72, illustrated
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti. Sculptor. Répertoire monographique. Une trajectoire foudroyante, Paris 2009, no. 189, p. 295, illustration of another cast 
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti. Sculptor. Répertoire monographique. A Meteoric Rise, Paris 2016, no. 193, pp. 324-25, illustration of another cast