Sale 8341
New York, East
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15 February 2000
Price realised
USD 7,475
Estimate
Chana Orloff (1888-1968) Semeuse stamped with signature, dated and numbered 'Ch. Orloff 55 8/8' (on the base), and stamped with foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the edge of the base) bronze painted gold 16½ x 8¼ x 5¾ in. (42 x 21 x 14.6 cm.) Conceived in 1955 and cast at a later date
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Literature
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, no. 360 (another cast illustrated, p. 283).
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