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Property from a Private French Collection
Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916)
Brebis mérinos
Details
Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916)
Brebis mérinos
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'R Bugatti (1) A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 3/8 in. (19 cm.)
Length: 16 7/8 in. (43 cm.)
Conceived circa 1912
Brebis mérinos
signed, numbered and stamped with foundry mark 'R Bugatti (1) A.A. HÉBRARD CIRE PERDUE' (on the top of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 7 3/8 in. (19 cm.)
Length: 16 7/8 in. (43 cm.)
Conceived circa 1912
Provenance
Acquired by the present owner, by 1990.
Literature
M. Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, London, 1979, p. 75, no. 105 (another cast illustrated; titled Somali Sheep).
P. Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 345 (another cast illustrated; titled Sheep).
J.-C. des Cordes and V. Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, p. 284 (another cast illustrated; another cast illustrated again in color, p. 285; titled Brebis pleine).
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, p. 363, no. 297 (another cast illustrated in color).
P. Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 345 (another cast illustrated; titled Sheep).
J.-C. des Cordes and V. Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, Catalogue raisonné, Paris, 1987, p. 284 (another cast illustrated; another cast illustrated again in color, p. 285; titled Brebis pleine).
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Une trajectoire foudroyante, Répertoire monographique, Paris, 2016, p. 363, no. 297 (another cast illustrated in color).
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