DEMETRE CHIPARUS 1886-1947
'STARFISH', CIRCA 1925
silvered and cold-painted bronze, ivory, onyx and marble base
29 ½ in. (74.8 cm.) high
engraved D. H. Chiparus
DEMETRE CHIPARUS 1886-1947
'STARFISH', CIRCA 1925
silvered and cold-painted bronze, ivory, onyx and marble base
29 ½ in. (74.8 cm.) high
engraved D. H. Chiparus
Other examples illustrated: V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 54; A. Shayo, Chiparus, Master of Art Deco, New York, 1993, p. 152; B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge, 2003, p.71.
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