REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
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REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)

Deux léopards marchant

Fermé21 June 2018

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REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
Deux léopards marchant
signed 'R.Bugatti.' and stamped with the foundry mark 'A.A. HEBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on top of the base); and numbered '(B.4)' (on the right edge of the base)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 8 3/4 in. (22.2 cm.)
Length: 36 3/8 in. (92.5 cm.)
Conceived circa 1912 and executed by A. A. Hébrard Fondeur in an edition of twenty-seven

Mme Franck, by whom acquired from Hébrard circa 1930-1931.
Anonymous sale, Versailles, 9 December 1968.
Acquired at the above sale by the present owner.

Note du spécialiste

Véronique Fromanger has confirmed the authenticity of this work.

This group is dated in Des Cordes to 1911. In 1955 a cast of this subject featured in an exhibition at the Royal Zoological Society, Antwerp, the context in which, years before, the artist had found the living inspiration for so many of his figures. This major retrospective was instrumental in stimulating the revival of interest in his work.