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Tea Table
c. 1907
cabinetmaker
(Italian, 1856–1940)
Overall: 71.5 x 67.1 x 41.3 cm (28 1/8 x 26 7/16 x 16 1/4 in.)
Leonard C. Hanna, Jr. Fund 1991.45
Location: 001A ArtLens Exhibition
Did You Know?
Carlo Bugatti's sons achieved illustrious careers of their own. Rembrandt Bugatti (1884-1916) became a celebrated sculptor, and Ettore Bugatti (1881-1947) manufactured luxurious automobiles and racing cars.Description
Luxurious materials might catch the eye first, but a closer look reveals the imaginary creatures that adorn the surface of this table. Featuring elaborate arches, a favorite motif that appeared throughout Bugatti's furniture, this fantastical imagery is a window into the designer's expressive imagination.- c. 1907-c. 1956First owned by Mrs. Anna Blake [d. 1956] who took it to Cape Town, South Africa.c. 1956-1965Inherited by her son Robert da Costa Blake.1965His sale Kirkcaldzs, Cape Town, South Africa, 24 May 1965, lot 34.until c. 1991Private collection, South Africa(Galerie Moderne, Ltd., London)1991-The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH
- L'Art Decoratif 25, no. 1 (June 1911). Mentioned P 307 library.clevelandart.orgDuncan, J. Alastair. "The Silver of Carlo Bugatti," The Magazine Antiques 136, no. 6, (December 1989): 1344-55. Reproduced P 157 library.clevelandart.orgHawley, Henry. "Notable Acquisitions." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 78, no. 3 (1991): 63-147. Reproduced and Mentioned: p. 82 www.jstor.orgHawley, Henry. "Some Furniture and Silver of Carlo Bugatti." The Bulletin of the Cleveland Museum of Art 79, no. 5 (1992): 130-43. Reproduced: cover, p. 137-39; Mentioned: p. 130-43 www.jstor.orgHawley, Henry H., Véronique Fromanger Des Cordes, and Mickey Mishne. Bugatti. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art, 1999. Mentioned & reproduced P 27, cat. no. 40, fig. 39A-B library.clevelandart.orgMay, Sally Ruth, Jane Takac, and Barbara J. Bradley. Knockouts: A Pocket Guide. Cleveland: Cleveland Museum of Art, 2001. Mentioned & reproduced PP 55-6 library.clevelandart.orgMassé, Marie-Madeleine. Carlo Bugatti au Musée d'Orsay: catalogue sommaire illustré du fonds d'archives et des collections. Paris, France: Réunion des musées nationaux, 2001. Exh. Cat. No. 139, Pg. 41; Repr. Pg. 41Fromanger, Véronique. Rembrandt Bugatti Sculpteur: Répertoire Monographique. Paris: L'Amateur, 2009. Mentioned P 8, fig. 69 library.clevelandart.orgHarrison, Stephen, Emmanuel Ducamp, and Jeannine J. Falino. Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008. Mentioned & reproduced PP 35-6, 57, 324-5, cat. no. 9 library.clevelandart.orgPiña, Leslie A. Furniture in History, 3000 B.C.-2000 A.D. Boston: Prentice Hall, 2010. Mentioned P 30 library.clevelandart.orgFranklin, David, and C. Griffith Mann. Treasures from the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with, New York, NY: Scala Publishers, 2012. Reproduced & Discussed: Pgs. 295-295 library.clevelandart.orgBidwell, Frederick E., and Leslie Cade. The CMA Companion: A Guide to the Cleveland Museum of Art. Cleveland, OH: Cleveland Museum of Art in association with New York, NY: Scala Arts Publishers, 2014. Reproduced & Discussed: Pg. 144
- Artlens Exhibition 2019. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer).Artistic Luxury: Fabergé Tiffany Lalique . The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (October 19, 2008-January 18, 2009); Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA (February 7-May 31, 2009).Carlo Bugatti. Musée d'Orsay, Paris, France (organizer) (April 9-July 15, 2001).Bugatti. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (July 18-September 19, 1999).Notable Acquisitions. The Cleveland Museum of Art, Cleveland, OH (organizer) (June 7-September 15, 1991).Possibly exhibited at the Galerie Hebrard, Paris, France (1907).Possibly exhibited at the Prima Esposizione Internazionale d'Arte Decorativa Moderna, Turin, Italy (May 10-November 10, 1902).
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