12. REMBRANDT BUGATTI (1884-1916) Stork on the march signed and inscribed 'R. Bugatti / pièce unique' and bears the founder's stamp 'A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue' (on the terrace) bronze with a brownish polychrome patina signed and inscribed 'R. Bugatti / pièce unique' and stamped with the foundry mark 'A.A. Hébrard Cire Perdue' (on the base) bronze with a nuanced polychrome patina in shades of brown Designed and executed in 1907, this work is unique. Conceived and executed in 1907, this is a unique piece. 46 x 34,5 x 22,5 cm. 18 1/8 x 13 9/16 x 8 7/8 in. This work is registered in the archives of the Rembrandt Bugatti Repertoire and is accompanied by a certificate of authenticity. Provenance Adrien-Aurélien Hébrard Collection, France. Collection Madame Charles Chartier, France (acquired 1909). Private collection, Paris (acquired from the latter). Exhibitions Paris, Galerie Alberto Grubicy, Salon des peintres divisitonnistes italiens, 1 September - 15 October 1907. Paris, Galerie A.-A. Hébrard, Rembrandt Bugatti sculpteur, 15 - 17 June 1907. Antwerp, Royal Zoological Society, Rembrandt Bugatti Retrospective Exhibition, 1955. Cleveland, The Cleveland Museum of Art, Bugatti, 18 July - 19 September 1999. Bibliography V. Fromanger, Rembrandt Bugatti, Sculpteur, Répertoire monographique. Une trajectoire foudroyante, Paris, 2016, no. 191 (illustrated p. 131 & 324).