Chiparus & the Ballets Russes: Twelve Masterworks from an Important Private Collection

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Lot 11
  • 11

Demeter Chiparus

Estimate
180,000 - 240,000 USD
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Description

  • Demeter Chiparus
  • Alméria

  • base engraved Chiparus, figure stamped BRONZE/11

  • cold-painted, parcel-gilt and silvered bronze; carved and tinted ivory; on an onyx base
  • 25 1/16 x 19 1/2 x 5 1/8 in. (63.7 x 49.5 x 13 cm)
  • edited by Etling, Paris

Provenance

Private Midwestern Collection
Christie's New York, June 11, 1994, lot 21

Exhibited

A Private Collection of Art Deco Chryselephantine Sculpture, Sotheby’s, New York, July 17-August 25, 1995

Literature

Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1978, p. 97
Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 36
Alberto Shayo, Chiparus:  Master of Art Deco, New York, 1993, pp. 130-131, pl. 62

Catalogue Note

The photograph of Fowler and Tamara, a popular American dance duo who starred in the Folies Bergère, shows the influence of Ballets Russes design as translated for Paris cabarets and thés dansants.  Fowler's close-fitting trousers reveal the same glimpses of flesh Chiparus' Alméria.  The exuberant curves of the skirt frame the movement's source and emphasize the dynamism of the figure.