CAST AFTER THE MODEL BY REMBRANDT BUGATTI, 1910

Details

'Elephant de L'Inde au Feuillage'
Cast after the model by Rembrandt Bugatti, 1910
Standing serenely with a garland of leaves around its neck
20½in. (52cm.) high
Signed in the maquette R. Bugatti, numbered 2, foundry mark A.A.Hébrard cire perdue

Provenance

Originally in the collection of Louis Comfort Tiffany, New York.
Later in the collection of M. Alain Delon.
Sotheby's London, 4 April 1990, Lot 269.
This bronze was one of a number of works by Rembrandt Bugatti acquired by Tiffany and Co. directly from Galerie Adrien A. Hébrard.

Literature

Giulio. U. Arata, Un Grande Interprete de la Fauna: Rembrandt Bugatti, article in Vita d'Arte, Milan 1915, No. 8 (another cast).
John S. Grioni, Rembrandt Bugatti, article in Antichità Viva, Florence, 1973, Issue 1, pl. 2 (another cast).
Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti, London ,1979, p. 41 (another cast).RPhilippe Dejean, Carlo Rembrandt Ettore Jean Bugatti, Paris 1981, p. 203 (another cast).
Jacques Chalom des Cordes and Véronique Fromanger des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti Catalogue Raisonné, Paris 1987, p.244 (another cast).

Exhibited

Sculptures de Rembrandt Bugatti, Société Royale de Zoologie, Antwerp, 1910 (the plaster maquette - see reproduction above).
Exhibition of Animal Sculpture by R. Bugatti, Abdy & Co. London, 1929, Cat. No. 18 (another cast).
Rétrospective des Oeuvres de Rembrandt Bugatti, Salle des Marbres, Société Royale de Zoologie, Antwerp, 1955 (the plaster maquette).
Salon d'Automne, Paris, 1973, Cat.No. 12 (another cast).
Rembrandt Bugatti 1885 - 1916, Macklowe Gallery, New York, March 1979, (this cast exhibited, Cat. No. 20).

Lot Essay

This work is recorded in the archives of the Conservatoire Rembrandt Bugatti, Paris and is believed to have been cast in an edition limited to five. The original plaster maquette for the work, (reproduced above) was gifted by Adrien Hébrard to the Galleria Nationale d'Arte, Rome, in 1925.

We are grateful to Véronique Fromanger for her assistance in preparing this catalogue entry.

More from Single Owner Collection of Decorative Arts

View All