16 - Rembrandt BUGATTI (1884–1916)

Rembrandt BUGATTI (1884–1916) Small Axis Fawn Bronze with brown patina Signed R. Bugatti, numbered A10, and bearing the foundry mark “Cire perdue A. A. Hebrard” Conceived circa 1909–11, this cast was produced between 1909 and 1934; the bronze edition is currently known to consist of 35 copies Bronze with brown patina; signed R. Bugatti, numbered A10, and stamped with the foundry mark “Cire perdue A. A. Hebrard”; conceived circa 1909–11, this bronze was cast between 1909 and 1934; one of the 35 known examples 31.5 x 28 x 11.5 cm - 12 3/8 x 11 x 4 1/2 in. Provenance Private collection of Mr. P. Heurtaux? (see catalogue raisonné) Private collection, Paris Bibliography Mary Harvey, *The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885–1916): An Illustrated Catalogue and Biography*, Palaquin Publishing Ltd, London, 1979, reproduced as no. 76 on p. 61 (another example) Philippe Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Éditions du Regard, Paris, 1982, reproduced on p. 350 (another copy) Jacques Chalom Des Cordes and Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, *Rembrandt Bugatti*, catalogue raisonné, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 1987, described and reproduced on p. 265 (another copy) Bernard Lamarche-Vadel, *Bugatti: Furniture, Sculptures, and Cars*, Éditions La Différence/Galerie Beaubourg, Paris/Vence, 1995, reproduced on p. 113 (another copy) Edward Horswell, *Rembrandt Bugatti: Life in Sculpture*, Sladmore Gallery, London, 2004, reproduced on p. 99 (another copy) Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Sculptor: A Monographic Catalog, A Meteoric Career, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, Paris, 2016, described and reproduced under no. 267, p. 353 (another copy)