'STANDING LEOPARD', A BRONZE FIGURE

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'STANDING LEOPARD', A BRONZE FIGURE
CAST FROM A MOEL BY REMBRANDT BUGATTI

inscribed 'R. Bugatti', '(A8)' and stamped with the Hébrard foundry seal--12¼in. (31cm.) high, on wood base, rich brown patina

Lot Essay

A plaster example of this model is in the collection of the National Gallery of Modern Art, Rome. Cf. M. Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916), Berkshire, England, 1979, p. 39, no. 33 and P. Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, New York, 1982, p. 146 for other examples.