"Art Deco Sculpture Demetre Chiparus 1886-1947"
Demetre Chiparus, born Dumitru Haralamb Chipăruș on September 16, 1886 Dorohoi, Romania, and died January 22, 1947 in Paris, was a sculptor of the Art Deco era who lived and worked in Paris. In 1914 he received the "honorable medal" for the sculpture he exhibited at the artists' salon. He opened his studio after the war and exhibited regularly in the salons. He specialized in chryselephantine sculpture, a combination of ivory and bronze. Our Art Deco chryselephantine sculpture is made of ivory and spelter. It is signed on the top of the onyx base : “DH Chiparus “.It represents a woman in a dress, stripping a daisy. Face and fingers are complete. Perfect condition. 
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