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Demeter H. Chiparus
Estimate
30,000 - 35,000 GBP
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Description
- `The Russian Dancers'
- base marked `D.H.Chiparus'
- 39.5cm.;
- 15in.
modelled as a pair of figures dancing back to back and holding cymbals, raised on marble and onyx base
Literature
Arwas, 1984, 20 (for the male dancer on a single base); Shayo, 1999, p.148, pl. 79; Catley, 2000, p. 85 and p. 89 (for both dancers on individual bases).
Catalogue Note
This celebrated model depicts Vaslav Nijinsky and Ida Rubinstein dancing their roles in Scheherazade.