YAMBO, CIRCA 1925

Details

DEMETRE CHIPARUS (1886-1947)
YAMBO, CIRCA 1925
patinated and cold-painted bronze, carved ivory, on Belgian gold marble and terracotta marble plinth
23½ in. (60 cm.) high
plinth engraved D.H. Chiparus

Provenance

Eugenia Huici Arguedas de Errazuriz (1860-1951), rue de Paradis 29, Paris.
Gifted to Mr D. Jorge Efrain Nunez-Lagos Lorca from whom it was purchased by the present vendor.

Literature

Alberto Shayo, Chiparus: Master of Art Deco, New York, 1999, p. 82 (design illustrated)

Special notice

Prospective purchasers are advised that several countries prohibit the importation of property containing materials from endangered species, including but not limited to coral, ivory and tortoiseshell. Accordingly, prospective purchasers should familiarize themselves with relevant customs regulations prior to bidding if they intend to import this lot into another country.

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Lot Essay

Eugenia Huici Arguedas de Errazuriz was a wealthy Bolivian heiress to a silver mining business in Chile, whose family moved to Paris in 1882.
From 1900 she became one of the leading arbiters of fashion and taste in Paris and befriended such diverse talents as Serge Diaghilev, Pablo Picasso, Coco Chanel, Jean Cocteau and Jean-Michel Frank.

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