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Property of a West Coast Private Collector

Rembrandt Bugatti

Chameau buvant

Auction Closed

November 14, 11:00 PM GMT

Estimate

150,000 - 250,000 USD

Lot Details

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Property of a West Coast Private Collector

Rembrandt Bugatti

1884 - 1916


Chameau buvant

inscribed R Bugatti, numbered M. and stamped with the foundry mark  A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue (on the base)

bronze 

height: 15½ in. 39.4 cm.

Conceived circa 1903 and cast in an edition of 5 known bronzes between circa 1904-34 by the Hébrard foundry, Paris.


This work is recorded in the archives of the Rembrandt Bugatti Répertoire, Paris.

Galerie A.A. Hébrard, Paris
Nicolas Borsje (Galerie d'Art Nouveau), Paris
Private Collection, California (acquired from the above in July 1976)
Acquired by descent from the above by the present owner
Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916): An Illustrated Catalogue and Biography, London 1979, no. 65, p. 56, illustrated (titled Young Arabian Camel)
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti. Sculpteur. Répertoire monographique. Une trajectoire foudroyante, Paris 2009, no. 47, p. 259, illustration of another cast
Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti. Sculptor. Répertoire monographique. A Meteoric Rise, Paris 2016, no. 79, pp. 280-81, illustration of another cast