Lot 24
24
The Property of a Gentleman
'DEUX LEOPARDS, LE MALE EN TETE', A BRONZE SCULPTURE

CAST FROM A MODEL BY REMBRANDT BUGATTI, 1911

Details
'DEUX LEOPARDS, LE MALE EN TETE', A BRONZE SCULPTURE
Cast from a Model by Rembrandt Bugatti, 1911
The large cats standing with the the male just in front of the female, inscribed on the base R. Bugatti, with the mark of the foundry A.A. Hebrard, Cire Perdue and 5
12 15/16in. (32.8cm.) high, 43¼in. (110cm.) long
Provenance
Purchased from Galerie Adrien-A. Hebrard, Paris, 1929
Exhibited
São Paulo, Brazil, Museu de Arte de São Paulo Assis Chateaubriand, Arte Italiana em Coleçes Brasileiras, 1250-1950, November 12, 1996-January 31, 1997.

Lot Essay

This bronze is offered with its original bill of sale from Hebrard, dated 18 October, 1929.
This bronze is numbered five from an edition of only ten. The model is illustrated in Jacques-Chalom Des Cordes and Veronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti, catalogue raisonne, 1987, pp. 272-273.