'BAYADERE', A PATINATED AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE OF A DANCER**

CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY DEMÊTRE CHIPARUS

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'BAYADERE', A PATINATED AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE OF A DANCER**
Cast and Carved From a Model by Demêtre Chiparus
On amber onyx and veined black marble base, the base inscribed Chiparus, inset with bronze relief of two female dancers, the bronze impressed D.H. Chiparus
21in. (53.3cm.) high

Lot Essay

cf. Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, 1978, p. 87; Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, 1992, pp. 70-71; and Alberto Shayo, Chiparus, Master of Art Deco, 1993, cat. no. 61, pl. 129 for illustrations of this model.