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

'RHINOCEROS DE JAVA', CIRCA 1908

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REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916)
'RHINOCEROS DE JAVA', CIRCA 1908
patinated-bronze
5 ½ in. (14 cm.) high, 4 in. (10.2 cm.) wide, 7 1/8 in. (18.1 cm.) deep
signed Bugatti (3) with Cire Perdue AA Hébrard mark

Lot Essay

cf. Catalogue sommaire illustré des sculptures du Musée d’Orsay, Paris, 1986 for the plaster cast;
J.-C. Des Cordes, V. Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1987, p. 209;
V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur : Répertoire Monographique, Paris, 2009, p. 302.

The plaster cast of this model is in the permanent collection of Musée d'Orsay, Paris.
Other editions of this model were exhibited at the 1908 and 1973 Salons d’Automne, Paris, and at Wildenstein Gallery, New York, 1986.

Seven examples of this model are known to exist and and example of this work will be included in the new edition of the Rembrandt Bugatti Catalogue raisonné currently being prepared by Véronique Fromanger.

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