Sale 5483
Paris
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27 November 2007
Price realised
EUR 24,250
Estimate
DEMETRE CHIPARUS (1886-1947) 'AYOUTA', VERS 1925 En bronze patiné or et peint à froid, le visage et les mains en ivoire, la base en onyx Hauteur : 46 cm. (18 1/8 in.) Signé D. Chiparus à la pointe sur la base
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Cf. : Alberto Shayo, Chiparus, Master of Art Deco, Abbeville Press, New York, 1993, p. 119, n. 51
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Post Lot Text
'AYOUTA', A PATINATED AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY SCULPTURE BY DEMETRE CHIPARUS, CIRCA 1925
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