Lot 62
  • 62

Chana Orloff

Estimate
25,000 - 35,000 USD
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Description

  • Chana Orloff
  • Oiseau
  • inscribed with the signature Chana Orloff (on the top of the base) and inscribed Alexis Rudier Fondeur Paris (on the rim of the base)

  • bronze with blue green patina
  • height: 38 1/2 in.
  • 98 cm.
  • Executed in 1927.

Provenance

Nancy O. Simmons & Grant G. Simmons (acquired from the artist's gallery in the 1930s)
Then by descent to the present owner

 

Literature

Felix Marcilhac, Chana Orloff: Catalogue de l'Oeuvre sculpte, Paris, 1991, pp. 96 and 233, no. 132, illustrated in color (another example)

Condition

There are scattered scratches and indentations on the base. Otherwise the work is in very good condition.
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