BURR & MUIR – BRONZE & IVORY FANCY DRESS

BRONZE & IVORY FANCY DRESS (also known as PIERROT & COLUMBINE) – Demetre Chiparus – Circa 1925.

A pair of cold-painted bronze and ivory figures, the male figure in a pierrot costume, the female representing a columbine (a pierrot’s sweetheart), on a brown onyx base. The pierrot has ivory hands and face, the columbine has ivory arms and hands, neck and face.

Height: 49cm.
Signatures: Engraved ‘D H Chiparus’ on the base.
Reference: (i) Alberto Shayo, ‘Chiparus, Master of Art Deco’, New York, 1999, pg. 148, plate 91.
(ii) Bryan Catley, ‘Art Deco and other Figures, Chancery House, 1981, pg. 79.

This model was produced in two sizes, 49cm (the one on offer), and 33cm. All Chiparus sculptures with more than one figure on one base are the extremely sought-after, and are in short supply. The condition of this particular model is excellent.

(Geoff Burr and Graham Muir)
The Mirage
Cnr Strand & Hudson Streets
Cape Town, De Waterkant Area, Cape Town 8001
Tel: (021) 418 1269
Cell: 083 261 8366
E-mail: info@burrmuir.com
Website: www.burrmuir.com