'Les Amis de Toujours', a cold painted gilt bronze and ivory group, cast and carved from a model by Chiparus, of a young woman wearing pink sequined skull cap and dress with pleated skirt, standing gazing down at the two devoted borzois standing either side, on shaped rectangular brown onyx base, base inscribed Chiparus -- 35cm. high
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'Les Amis de Toujours', a cold painted gilt bronze and ivory group, cast and carved from a model by Chiparus, of a young woman wearing pink sequined skull cap and dress with pleated skirt, standing gazing down at the two devoted borzois standing either side, on shaped rectangular brown onyx base, base inscribed Chiparus -- 35cm. high See illustration
Lot Essay
C.f. Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture (London1992), p.66