.jpg?w=1)
Bretonne
Details
Chana Orloff (1888-1968)
Bretonne
signed and numbered 'Ch. Orloff 2/8' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE' (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 25¼ in. (64.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1919; this bronze version cast in 1969-1970
Bretonne
signed and numbered 'Ch. Orloff 2/8' (on the right side of the base); inscribed with the foundry mark 'Susse Fondeur Paris' (on the back of the base); stamped with the foundry mark 'SUSSE FONDEUR PARIS CIRE PERDUE' (on the underside)
bronze with brown patina
Height: 25¼ in. (64.1 cm.)
Conceived in 1919; this bronze version cast in 1969-1970
Provenance
Mme Elie Justman, Paris (daughter-in-law of the artist).
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1970s.
Acquired from the above by the present owner in the 1970s.
Literature
G. Talphir, Chana Orloff, Tel Aviv, 1950 (wood version illustrated pl. 7; dated 1921).
H. Gamzu, Chana Orloff, exh. cat., Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1969, no. 4 (wood version illustrated).
H. Gamzu, J. Cassou, C. Goldscheider and G. Coutard-Salmon, Chana Orloff, Brescia, 1980, p. 124 (another cast illustrated pl. 33).
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, p. 208, no. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 209; carved wood version illustrated in color p. 37, fig. 2).
H. Gamzu, Chana Orloff, exh. cat., Tel Aviv Museum of Art, 1969, no. 4 (wood version illustrated).
H. Gamzu, J. Cassou, C. Goldscheider and G. Coutard-Salmon, Chana Orloff, Brescia, 1980, p. 124 (another cast illustrated pl. 33).
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, 1991, p. 208, no. 33 (another cast illustrated, p. 209; carved wood version illustrated in color p. 37, fig. 2).
Special Notice
Artist's Resale Right ("Droit de Suite"). Artist's Resale Right Regulations 2006 apply to this lot, the buyer agrees to pay us an amount equal to the resale royalty provided for in those Regulations, and we undertake to the buyer to pay such amount to the artist's collection agent.
These lots have been imported from outside the EU for sale using a Temporary Import regime. Import VAT is payable (at 5%) on the Hammer price. VAT is also payable (at 20%) on the buyer’s Premium on a VAT inclusive basis. When a buyer of such a lot has registered an EU address but wishes to export the lot or complete the import into another EU country, he must advise Christie's immediately after the auction.
Sale Room Notice
This Lot is Withdrawn.
Brought to you by
Adrienne Everwijn-Dumas