Lot 173
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'ZEBRE ET ANTILOPE DE GRANT', A BRONZE GROUP

Details
'ZEBRE ET ANTILOPE DE GRANT', A BRONZE GROUP
CAST FROM A MODEL BY REMBRANDT BUGATTI, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY
inscribed 'R. Bugatti 1910', '(1)' and stamped with the Hébrard foundry seal--14 3/8in. (36.5cm.) high, 22½in. (57cm.) long, rich brown patina

Lot Essay

The original plaster model was exhibited at the Société Royale de Zoologie, Anvers in 1910. Zèbre et Antilope de Grant was limited to an edition of three examples.

Cf. P. Dejean, Carlo-Rembrandt-Ettore-Jean Bugatti, Paris, 1981, p. 342 and J.C. and V.F. des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti: Catalogue Raisonné, Paris, 1987, pp. 220-221