'LEAVING THE OPERA', an ivory and silver-patinated bronze figure carved and cast after a model by D.H. Chiparus, of a female figure stepping down, with short cropped hair and beaded head-band, wearing a long evening coat with fur collar, cufs and seam and elegant shoes, on brown, orange and amber striated onyx stepped base, the base incised D.H. Chiparus
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'LEAVING THE OPERA', an ivory and silver-patinated bronze figure carved and cast after a model by D.H. Chiparus, of a female figure stepping down, with short cropped hair and beaded head-band, wearing a long evening coat with fur collar, cufs and seam and elegant shoes, on brown, orange and amber striated onyx stepped base, the base incised D.H. Chiparus
36 cm high (including base)
Lot Essay
cf. Brian Cately, Art Deco and other figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 71, similar figure illustrated
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