Rembrandt Bugatti (Italian, 1884-1916)
Jaguar Accroupi (petite model), 1908
bronze
inscribed R. Bugatti and numbered 16, further impressed CIRE PERDUE/A.A.HEBRARD
height including marble base 5 1/4in (13.8cm); length 7 1/2in (19cm)
bronze
inscribed R. Bugatti and numbered 16, further impressed CIRE PERDUE/A.A.HEBRARD
height including marble base 5 1/4in (13.8cm); length 7 1/2in (19cm)
Sold for
US$ 46,360
inc. premium
Footnotes
- This model was conceived circa 1908 and cast from that time until circa 1934 in a numbered edition of 51.
Literature
Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916): An Illustrated Catalogue and Biography, London, 1979, p. 40 for an illustration of another cast.
Phillippe Dejean, Bugatti, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean, Paris, 1981, p. 202 for an illustration of another cast.
Jacques Chalom Des Cordes and Veronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti Catalogue Raisonné, Les Editions de l'Amatuer, Paris, 1987, p. 202 for another cast.
Edward Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti Life in Sculpture, Sladmore Gallery Editions, London, 2004, p. 149 for another example.
We are grateful to VĂ©ronique Fromanger Des Cordes for her assistance in cataloguing this lot.
Category: Furniture / 20th C Furniture and Decorative Arts
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