Bronze with nuanced black patina, signed on its base ‘R. BUGATTI’.
Cast by A.-A. Hébrard, numbered 3, lost wax carving by Albino Palazollo.
Bears the founder’s stamp “CIRE PERDUE A A HEBRARD”.
Circa 1904-1934.
Height: 34.5 cm – 1′ 1⁵/₈” in.
Depth: 12 cm – 0′ 4³/₄” in.
Width: 27.5 cm – 0′ 10⁷/₈” in.
Literature: Véronique Fromanger Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur Les Editions de l’Amateur, Paris, 2016, model reproduced page 360 under the number 289.
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Rembrandt Bugatti made quite a few representations of secretary birds, a tall and elegant wader with a two-tone plumage. Our sculpture is inventoried in the Cahier Hébrard under the title ‘Female with folded neck’. Up to now only nine copies of this sculpture have been listed. With this number three copy, it can be established that there has been in all ten copies of this artwork.
