Lot 115
  • 115

Demeter Chiparus

Estimate
6,000 - 8,000 USD
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Description

  • Demeter Chiparus
  • "Danseuse Égyptienne"
  • engraved ETLING PARIS and D.H. Chiparus
    with plaque 1ne CATEGORIE/COUPE GEORGES BOILLOT/BOULOGNE-SUR-MER/1927
  • patinated bronze and marble
  • edited by Etling, Paris

Literature

Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1978, p. 84
Alberto Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1999, p. 174

Condition

Overall in very good condition. The sculpture presents with a nice patina to both the sculpture and figurative panel on the base. The marble base elements with minor surface scratches and a few minute edge chips. With some minor evidence of oxidation adjacent to the head of the figure, consistent with aging of the material. A nice example of the smaller scale variant of this design.
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