L'homme à la pipe

Details

Chana Orloff (1888-1968)
L'homme à la pipe
signed, dated and inscribed with foundry mark on the back 'Ch. Orloff 1924 Susse Fondeur Paris', signed again on the right side 'Chana Orloff'
bronze with brown patina
Height: 41 3/8in. (105cm.)
Conceived in 1924; cast during the artist's lifetime

Provenance

Hadassah K Art Gallery, Tel Aviv (acquired by the present owner, 1964)

Literature

H. Gamzu, J. Cassou, C. Goldscheider and G. Coutard-Salmon, Chana Orloff, Brescia, 1980, pl. 84 (another cast illustrated)
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, no. 84 (another cast illustrated, p. 221)

Lot Essay

The sitter for this sculpture was the Russian born painter D.O. Widhopff (1867-1933). Although known as a painter of landscapes and still lifes, Widhopff was also a cartoonist for the Gobelins and Beauvais tapestry guilds. He lived in Montmartre during La belle époque and exhibited at the Salon des Indépendants, Salon d'Automne and Salon des Tuileries.