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1403
Dimitri Chiparus,
1886 Dorohoi, Rumänien - 1947 Paris
Bedeutender Bildhauer des Art déco.
LA GRANDE PRÊTRESSE, um 1925 Höhe: 49,5 cm.
Höhe der Bronze ohne Sockel: 43,5 cm.
Signatur am Kleidsaum, rückwärts links.
Catalogue price € 16.000 - 18.000
Catalogue price€ 16.000 - 18.000
$ 17,280 - 19,440
£ 14,400 - 16,200
元 125,120 - 140,760
₽ 1,591,840 - 1,790,820
Bronzefigur auf dreistufigem weißen Onyxsockel. Aufrechte Standhaltung mit nach oben weihevoll gerichteten Armen. Der Kopf leicht zurückgeneigt mit geschlossenen Augen. Die Priesterin trägt über dem in ägyptischer Art gekämmten Haar, einen Turbanbund mit Diadem sowie seitlich große Scheibenohringe, ganz in Art der Bühnenkostüme für orientalische Szenen der Zeit. Langes Kleid, in Falten gelegt, grün patiniert, die Stoffdekorelemente vergoldet. Um die Hüften ein Tuch geschlungen. Großer smaragdgrüner Tropfenanhänger seperat in Email gearbeitet. Kopf und Arme in kupferbrauner Hauttönung belassen.
Literatur:
Vgl. Alberto Shayo, Chiparus. Master of Art Deco, Woodbridge 2016, Tafel 115. (1081792) (2) (11)
Dimitri Chiparus,
1886 Dorohoi, Rumania - 1947 Paris,
important Art Deco sculptor
LA GRANDE PRÊTRESSE [High priestress] ca. 1925
Height: 49.5 cm.
Height of bronze without base: 43.5 cm.
Signed on the hem, at the back on the left. Bronze sculpture on white three-step onyx base.
Literature:
See Alberto Shayo, Chiparus. Master of Art Deco, 2016, plate 115.
This object has been individually compared to the information in the Art Loss Register data bank and is not registered there as stolen or missing.
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