{"product_id":"demetre-chiparus-venetian-lady-9685","title":"\"Venetian Lady\" by Demetre Chiparus","description":"\u003cdiv class=\"product-short\"\u003e\n\u003cdiv class=\"product-short\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eEvoking the romance, mystery and extraordinary splendour of Venetian carnival, this very rare captivating sculpture portrays an elegantly dressed lady preparing for a masquerade, delicately adjusting her mask whilst admiring her reflection in a hand mirror.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eExquisitely cast in cold-painted bronze of exceptional quality, the sculpture displays a combination of rich colours, intricate gilded decoration and beautifully hand-carved ivory detailing to the face and shoulders. Her elaborate Renaissance-inspired costume, flowing pleated skirts and finely modelled accessories demonstrate a remarkable artistry and attention to detail. \u003cspan\u003eRaised on a rouge marble base, signed \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/hickmet.com\/collections\/chiparus-demetre\" title=\"Demetre Chiparus Sculpture - Hickmet Fine Arts\" target=\"_blank\"\u003e\u003cem\u003eChiparus\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e and inscribed with the \u003cem\u003eEtling\u003c\/em\u003e foundry mark\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003chr\u003e\n\u003ch2\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eADDITIONAL INFORMATION\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeight:                                  23 cm\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eWidth:                                   78 cm                                       \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eCondition:                             Excellent Original Condition\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eCirca:                                     1925\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eMaterials:                              Bronze\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFoundry:                              The Etling Foundry Paris\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBook Ref                               Chiparus Master of Art Deco by Alberto Shayo\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePage No.                               230\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eSKU:                                      9685\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"border-top: dotted 1px;\"\u003e\n\u003ch2 class=\"accordion-heading\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eABOUT\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h2\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eChiparus – \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Demetre_Chiparus\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Master of Art Deco\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eRomanian by birth, Chiparus worked entirely in Paris, first exhibiting in the Salon of 1914. He is best known for his figures or exotic dancer made of carved ivory and highly worked bronze. The subjects of these chryselephantine works were taken from popular personalities of the day, from contemporary theatre characters and the Orientalist zeitgeist in Paris in the interwar years, as exemplified by Diaghilev’s Ballets Russe.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChiparus’s early figures, those on a relatively simple bases, were primarily cast by Etling, a Paris foundry the retailer of contemporary French decorative arts in the 1920s and 1930s. The later pieces were made by the Les Neveux de J Lehmann foundry which specialised in making the more elaborate marble and onyx plinths\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Ballets_Russes\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eThe Ballets Russes\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eThe Ballets Russes was a ballet company established in 1909 by the Russian impresario Serge Diaghilev and performed until his death in 1929. It created a sensation in Western Europe because of the great vitality of Russian ballet compared to French dance and penetrated every facet of entertainment. The great Paris music halls, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Folies_Berg%C3%A8re\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eFolies Bergère\u003c\/a\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Casino_de_Paris\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eCasino de Paris\u003c\/a\u003e, the\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Moulin_Rouge!\" target=\"_blank\"\u003eMoulin Rouge\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003eand others put on spectacular shows inspired by the Ballet Russes.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eChiparus attended the music halls and purchased all the magazines which illustrated the dancers. His wife and occasional models posed for him as he varied some of the photographed illustrations, never wasting a good attitude, this gave Chiparus an inexhaustible supply of material and influence from which he derived his most flamboyant, exotic and dramatic statues, frozen in spectacular attitudes, tall and sensuous. Chiparus’s repertoire symbolises a brief golden era and the sculptures that survived stand graceful, self-confident and proudly decorative\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eTo view our selection of Chiparus figures please click\u003cspan\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ca title=\"Chiparus, Demetre - Artist - Hickmet fine Arts\" href=\"https:\/\/hickmet.myshopify.com\/collections\/vendors?q=CHIPARUS%2C%20DEMETRE\" target=\"_blank\"\u003ehere\u003c\/a\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"CHIPARUS, DEMETRE","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":67702039445740,"sku":"9685","price":0.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/2614\/8594\/files\/Website.jpg?v=1792164451","url":"https:\/\/hickmet.com\/products\/demetre-chiparus-venetian-lady-9685","provider":"Hickmet Fine Arts","version":"1.0","type":"link"}