'ALMERIA', A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE**

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'ALMERIA', A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE**
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY DEMÊTRE CHIPARUS

stamped 'BRONZE' and '11'--26in. (66cm.) high, including elaborate brown onyx base signed 'Chiparus'

Lot Essay

Cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, 1978, p. 97 and V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 36 and A. Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1993, pp. 130-131, cat. no. 62