DEUX DANSEUSES, 1914 A CARVED WOOD SCULPTURE, 1914. SIGNED on pedestal H : 79,5 cm (31 3/8 in. )L : 21,5 cm (8 1/2 in.) W : 20 cm (7 7/8 in.); provenance Sarah Lipska ; Sale Sotheby's Paris 12.03.2014 Félix Marcilhac - Collection Privée - PF1434 lot 249 ; Exhibited : Saint-Etienne, Musée d'Art et d'Industrie, L'art dans les années 30 en France, mars-mai 1979; Literature: Ary Justman, Réflexions poétique, Chana Orloff, reproductions de sculptures, éd. SIC, Paris, 1917, n. p Haim Gamzu, Jean Cassou, Cécile Goldscheider et Germaine Coutard-Salmon, Chana Orloff, éd. Shakespeare & Co., Turin, 1980, p. 34, reproduit planche 11; Félix Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, catalogue raisonné des sculptures, éd. de l'Amateur, Paris, 1991, décrit p. 204, n. 98
Condition report:. Large crack from the front to the bottom of the base and going through the body of the sculpture, visible on catalogue illustration. Traces of minor dents, hairline scratches and traces of superficial surface dirt over the entire surface. Minor chips to the lower edge of the base, consistent with age and normal use. A few minor traces of restoration to the front, at the legs.
Pellerin, Jean & Gaston Picard/
FIGURES D'AUJOURD'HUI. Illustrees de 41 portraits par CHANA ORLOFF.
E.F.d'Alignan, Paris 1923 - 204pp french text. One of 406 numbered copies. Uncut. Very early, rare and important CHANA ORLOFF item [Attributes: Soft Cover] Biographical work on various artists and writers including Archipenko, Braque, Cocteau, Derain, Goncharova, Larionow, Léger, Picasso et al. $1000
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