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Amazone
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Chana Orloff (1888-1968)
Amazone
signed and dated 'Ch. Orloff 1915' (on the top of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 29 in. (73.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1915 and cast in the artist's life time
Amazone
signed and dated 'Ch. Orloff 1915' (on the top of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the side of the base)
bronze with dark brown patina
Height: 29 in. (73.5 cm.)
Conceived in 1915 and cast in the artist's life time
Provenance
Acquired by the parents of the present owner in Tel Aviv in the 1970s, and thence by descent.
Literature
H. Gamzu, J. Cassou, C. Goldscheider, G. Coutar-Salmon, Chana Orloff, Torino, 1980 (illustrated pl. 19).
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, no. 19 (the wood version illustrated p. 206).
H. Gamzu, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, n.d., no. 2, (the wood version illustrated and again on the frontcover).
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, no. 19 (the wood version illustrated p. 206).
H. Gamzu, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, n.d., no. 2, (the wood version illustrated and again on the frontcover).
Special notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
VAT rate of 5% is payable on hammer price and at 20% on the buyer's premium.
Sale room notice
Please note the additional literature references for this work: H. Gamzu, J. Cassou, C. Goldscheider, G. Coutar-Salmon, Chana Orloff, Torino, 1980 (the wood version illustrated pl. 19).
H. Gamzu, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, n.d., no. 2, (the wood version illustrated and again on the frontcover).
H. Gamzu, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, n.d., no. 2, (the wood version illustrated and again on the frontcover).
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