A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE OF A VENETIAN LADY

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A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE OF A VENETIAN LADY
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY DEMÊTRE CHIPARUS, FRENCH, EARLY 20TH CENTURY

Inscribed 'Chiparus' ----- 14½in. (36.7cm.) high, including stepped veined red marble base inscribed on the underside 'FRANCE'

Lot Essay

cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, p. 62, illus. for a bronze example