26 - Carlo BUGATTI

Carlo BUGATTI Desk – circa 1900 Frame in stained natural walnut decorated with embossed and openwork copper plates; silk trimmings and a patinated bronze handle Top lined with parchment featuring a design of reeds and chicks in Indian ink Signed “Casati” on the top 108.50 × 86 × 61 cm Provenance: Private collection, Switzerland Bibliography: Philippe Dejean, *Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti*, Éditions du regard, Paris, 1981; a comparable model is reproduced on p. 37 Marie-Madelaine Massé, Carlo Bugatti at the Musée d’Orsay: An Illustrated Summary Catalog of the Archives and Collections, Musée d’Orsay-Réunion des Musées Nationaux, Paris, 2001, comparable models reproduced on p. 83, fig. 7.16, and p. 95, fig. 8.34 A desk by Carlo Bugatti made of walnut, copper plates, bronze, silk, and parchment, decorated with Indian ink—circa 1900 42.72 × 33.86 × 24 in. The hammer price is exclusive of tax. VAT at the reduced rate of 5.5% applies to the hammer price. This VAT is recoverable for French professionals. It is refundable to a buyer outside the EU upon presentation of proof of export outside the EU, or to a professional buyer who provides an intra-Community VAT number and a document proving delivery within the Member State. The hammer price is exclusive of VAT. 5.5% VAT will be added to the hammer price. Upon request, this VAT can be refunded to the purchaser upon presentation of written proof of export outside the EU or to an EU purchaser who submits their intra-Community VAT number and proof of shipment of their purchase to their home address in an EU country. Carlo BUGATTI