Demetre Chiparus (1888-1850)
'The Golfer', a cold painted bronze and ivory figure, circa 1928
cast as a woman in green-patinated golfing attire, posed post-swing with her arms raised clasping a club, on marble base with canted corners, signed to the cast 'D H Chiparus'
35cm high
cast as a woman in green-patinated golfing attire, posed post-swing with her arms raised clasping a club, on marble base with canted corners, signed to the cast 'D H Chiparus'
35cm high
Sold for
AU$ 12,810
inc. premium
Footnotes
- For a similar example see; Bonhams, New Bond Street, Design from 1860, 22 Jun 2011, lot 241, sold for £12,000.
Also see Alberto Shayo's 'Demetre Chiparus, Master of Art Deco', Abbeville Press Publishers, 1999, plate 2, pg.70. for an example of this study.
Category: Furniture / Australian Colonial Furniture and Australiana
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