Sale 1385
New York
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15 June 2004
THE PROPERTY OF A LADY
Price realised
USD 47,800
Estimate
'FAON', A BRONZE STUDY CAST FROM THE MODEL BY REMBRANDT BUGATTI, CIRCA 1911 with gilt-wood plinth 12 5/8 in. (32 cm.) high signed in the maquette R. Bugatti, and numbered (6), stamped CIRE PERDUE AA HÉBRARD
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The edition of this model was limited, although the precise number of examples cast is not recorded. cf. Jacques Chalon and Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti Catalogue Raisonné, 1987, p. 265.
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