REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1885-1916)
REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1885-1916)

DEUX TAPIRS FACE-A-FACE, 1910

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REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1885-1916)
DEUX TAPIRS FACE-A-FACE, 1910
patinated bronze
11½ in. (29.2 cm.) high, 27 5/8 in. (70 cm.) wide, 6¾ in. (17.1 cm.) deep
signed R. Bugatti, stamped Cire Perdue, AA Hébrard and incised M
Provenance
Adrien-Aurelien Hébrard Collection, Paris;
Cecile Singer, New York;
Sotheby's, New York, 10 March 2005, lot 13.

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Lot Essay

M. Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, London, 1979, p. 53, no. 58;
Exhibition catalogue, Rembrandt Bugatti 1885-1916, Macklowe Gallery Ltd., New York, 1979, pl. 10;
J.-C. des Cordes and V. Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1987, p. 257;
E. Horswell, Rembrandt Bugatti: Life in Sculpture, London, 2004, p. 138;
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur Répertoire Monographique, Paris, 2009, pp. 142, 314-315, cat. no. 247.

Only four casts of this example are known to exist. Designated by the letter M in the signature, this particular cast was executed for Adrien-Aurelien Hébrard, director of the Hébrard Gallery and owner of the epnoymous bronze foundry which executed many of Bugatti's works.

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