Lot 40
  • 40

Chana Orloff

Estimate
7,000 - 9,000 USD
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Description

  • Chana Orloff
  • Portrait d'Evelyne Goldblatt
  • Inscribed Ch. Orloff
  • Bronze
  • Height: 13 1/4 in.; 34 cm
  • Conceived and cast between 1942 and 1945.

Exhibited

Geneva, Galerie Georges Moos, Sculptures et dessins de Chana Orloff, 1945, no. 11 (as Mme Yveline G.)

Literature

Félix Marcilhac, Chana Orloff catalogue raisoné de l'oeuvre sculpté, Paris, 1991, no. 262, the plaster illustrated p. 261

Condition

The medium is bronze with dark brown patina. The work is in fairly good overall condition. There is surface dust and dirt in the recessed areas. There is some rubbing to the protruding elements notably the figure's nose, knuckles, and top of hair. The work has a nice overall aspect and presents well.
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