Sale 10649
London, South Kensington
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3 June 2015
Price realised
GBP 6,250
Estimate
A CLAIRE-JEANNE-ROBERTE COLINET (1880-1950) GILT AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE 'THEBAN DANCER', CIRCA 1925 Cast from a model and depicting a woman wearing an exotic costume, head band and beads, on a stepped marble base with 'Egyptian' frieze, engraved Cl. J.R. Colinet 10 ½ in. (26.7 cm.) high; 13 ¼ in. (33.6 cm.) wide
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Literature
Similar examples illustrated: V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 78; B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, 1978, 115.
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