Lot 242
  • 242

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.