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The Call of Nature, with Bugatti and Renaissance Tapestry Weavers

Result EUR300,000
Published on , by Philippe Dufour
Auction on 25 April 2019 - 14:00 (CEST) - Hôtel des ventes du Marais, 62, rue des Docteurs-Muller - 42000 Saint-Étienne

Two antelopes tamed by Rembrandt Bugatti’s hand frolic against a backdrop of a flowering late 16th-century tapestry.

Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916), "Deux antilopes apprivoisées" (“Two tamed antelopes”),... The Call of Nature, with Bugatti and Renaissance Tapestry Weavers
Rembrandt Bugatti (1885-1916), "Deux antilopes apprivoisées" (“Two tamed antelopes”), bronze with a brown patina on sea foam marble base, lost wax cast signed “A.A. Hébrard” and “R. Bugatti”, stamped “no. 3”, 22.7 x 45.3 x 10.4 cm.
Result: €300,000
This pair of peaceful herbivores is one of three known copies of a group made in 1905 by Bugatti, edited by Hébrard and cast by Albino Palazzolo. The bidding…
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mobilier et objets d'art, Haute Époque, art nouveau, art déco, art d'Asie, tableaux anciens et modernes, dessins anciens, sculptures, bronzes, vélos anciens, Renault Gordini 1300 Type R 1135
Thursday 25 April 2019 - 14:00 (CEST)
Hôtel des ventes du Marais, 62, rue des Docteurs-Muller - 42000 Saint-Étienne
Ivoire - Hôtel des Ventes du Marais
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