Rembrandt BUGATTI (1884-1916) - Lot 26

Rembrandt BUGATTI (1884-1916) French bulldog also known as La Chienne de Teresa Lorioli Small size, model created in 1905. Proof in bronze with shaded brown patina. Antique lost-wax by Hébrard. Edition of 50 Signed, stamped and numbered 11. Height 13.5 cm - length 13 cm - depth 8 cm Provenance : Private collection in Paris. By descent to the current owner. Historical background: Bugatti wanted to bring his mother's bulldog to life, Teresa Lorioli. A similar model acquired from the artist in 1906 from the artist and numbered 35 is in the National Galleries Berlin (inv. BI 251). Exhibition: Les Bugatti d'Alain Delon, Galerie Charles & André Bailly and Raoul Laurent, January 11-February 10, 1989, same model model under no. 20. Bibliography: - Mary Harvey, The Bronzes of Rembrandt Bugatti (1885- 1916), an illustrated catalog and biography, Ascot, Palaquin, 1979, model no. 7 and reproduced p. 26 ; - Jacques-Chalom Des Cordes & Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, Rembrandt Bugatti catalog raisonné, Les éditions de l'amateur, Paris, 1987, model referenced and reproduced on p. 103 ; - Les Bugatti d'Alain Delon, Galerie Charles & André Bailly and Raoul Laurent, January 11-February 10, 1989, model similar model referenced and reproduced under no. 20; - Véronique Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur monographic repertory, Les éditions de l'Amateur, Paris, 2009, model number 107, reproduced reproduced on p. 272.