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CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
Lot 687 PROPERTY FROM A DISTINGUISHED PRIVATE COLLECTION, TEXAS

CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)

A PEDESTAL, CIRCA 1898

Closed9 December 2014

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USD 23,750

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CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
A PEDESTAL, CIRCA 1898
mahogany, ebonized wood, brass, pewter, parchment with tassels
44½ in. (113 cm.) high, 17 5/8 in. (45.5 cm.) wide, 18¼ in. (46.4 cm.) deep

Jacques Lejeune, Paris;
John W. Mecom Jr., Texas.

Specialist note

cf. P. Dejean, Carlo - Rembrandt - Ettore - Jean Bugatti, New York, 1982, p. 90;
H. Hawley, Bugatti, exhibition catalogue, Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999, p. 12 for an in situ photograph of a similar pedestal in the Esposizione Generale Italiana, 1898;
M. Masse, Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay, Paris, 2001, pp. 86, 87 and 99 for related pedestals.