Sale 1942
New York
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18 December 2007
Price realised
USD 34,600
Estimate
DEMETRE CHIPARUS (1886-1947) 'Bayadère' A Cold-Painted Bronze and Ivory Figure, circa 1925** on marble base with bronze plaque 20 5/8 in. (52.3 cm.) high signed in the mold D. H. Chiparus
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, 13 March 1998, lot 249.
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