Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916) - Lot 795

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Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916) - Lot 795
Rembrandt Bugatti (1884 - 1916) Small Fawn Axis Model created circa 1910 Bronze with brown patina Signed "Bugatti" on the terrace Bears the founder's stamp "CIRE PERDUE A.A. HEBRARD" and the number "(c.9)". H. 31.7 cm, terrace 26.6 x L. 11 cm; Weight: 3.5 kg. Literature : Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur, une trajectoire foudroyante, Paris, Les éditions de l'Amateur, 2016, model listed under no. 267, p. 353. Related work: -Rembrandt Bugatti, Fawn, 1911, bronze, H. 31.43 x W. 11.75 x D. 26.67 cm, San Diego, San Diego museum of art, inv. 1938.155.b. Between 1903 and 1908, Rembrandt Bugatti's parents moved to Paris, enabling him to spend a great deal of time at the Menagerie in the Jardin des Plantes and at the horse market in the same district. During this period, he also made regular visits to the Jardin Zoologique in Antwerp. Initially interested in farm and domestic animals, Bugatti now turned his attention to wildlife. He observed his models at length in the various zoos he visited, and his working method - free-hand modeling, without instruments, without preparatory sketches - helped him capture his models' attitudes with accuracy and spontaneity. As Véronique Fromanger notes, "Bugatti possessed a synthetic vision of volumes that enabled him, while schematizing each animal in geometric masses, to give the sensation of skin, plumage or coat". There is a moving series of photos showing Bugatti at the Antwerp Zoo modeling the Axis doe, stag and fawn. From time to time, he pauses and reaches through the grid to stroke and feed the doe. Hébrard produced 35 copies of this model, most of them numbered, from 1911 onwards.
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