CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
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Property from a Distinguished New England Collection
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)

Pair of Low Chairs, circa 1902

Details
CARLO BUGATTI (1856-1940)
Pair of Low Chairs, circa 1902
walnut, ebonized walnut, spruce, poplar, hammered copper, inlaid pewter, painted parchment, silk
52 ¼ x 18 x 19 in. (132.7 x 45.7 x 48.3 cm) (each)
Provenance
Galerie Beaubourg, Vence, France
Acquired from the above by the present owner
Literature
P. Dejean, Bugatti. Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean, New York, 1982, p. 86 (for a period photograph of a related example)
Carlo Bugatti, un mondo di immaginazione, exh. cat., Instituto Italiano di Cultura, Toronto, 1994, p. 19 (for a related example)
H. H. Hawley, Bugatti, exh. cat., The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH, 1999, p. 13, fig. 15C (for a period photograph of a related example)
M.-M. Massé, Carlo Bugatti au musée d'Orsay, Catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections, Paris, 2001, p. 91, no. 8.9 (for a period heliogravure of a related example)
Exhibited
Vence, Galerie Beaubourg, Bugatti, les meubles, Bugatti, les sculptures, Bugatti, les autos, July-September 1996, pp. 194-195, 208, no. 165 (present lot illustrated)

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