Lot 6
6
'PERSIAN DANCE', A PATINATED, COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY GROUP**

CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY DEMETRE CHIPARUS

Details
'PERSIAN DANCE', A PATINATED, COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY GROUP**
Cast and Carved From a Model by Demetre Chiparus
On stepped marble and onyx base, the base inscribed DH. Chiparus
18¾in. (47.6cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. Alberto Shayo, Chiparus, Master of Art Deco, 1993, p. 96, fig. 28 for an illustration of a similar example; Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, 1978, p. 85 for an illustration of another example of this model, the subject of which is derived from the Ballets Russes production of Scheherezade.