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BUGATTI, Rembrandt: Elephant

🖼 Elephant, 1909
Bronze, lost-wax castingx 23 cm
47 × 70 cm
Rennes, France

Rendered in bronze, the elephant stands with monumental presence, its wrinkled hide and powerful stance captured through meticulous surface detail. Bugatti's 1909 sculpture revolutionized animal representation, moving beyond taxidermy toward expressive, naturalistic form that influenced twentieth-century modernism.

The story of art
The story of art
E. H. Gombrich
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