AUTHENTIC CHIPARUS STATUE SIGNED BY ARTIST "FOOTSTEPS" Start Price USD 2,000.00 Current Price USD 2,000.00 Time Left - Bid Count 0 Buy It Now Price - Reserve Price - Start Time Friday, November 28, 2008 End Time Friday, December 05, 2008 Location Miami Beach, Florida See more about 'AUTHENTIC CHIPARUS STATUE SIGNED BY ARTIST "FOOTSTEPS"' Description This beautiful bronze is not only an elegant and timeless addition to any home but also a great investment. About her name: The original pedestal engraved with her name "Footsteps" cracked and the original owner " who owned an antique shop" replaced it with this one. She is signed by the artist. She measures 11.5 inches tall. About the Artist: DIMITRI H. CHIPARUS (1888-1950) Born in Romania, Dimitri Chiparus immigrated to Paris, where he studied under Anonin Mercier and Jean Boucher. He began to exhibit small sculptures, his very first showing at the Salon of the Societe des Artistes Francais in 1914 leading to an Honorable Mention. Louis Comfort Tiffany was also awarded an Honorable Mention that same year. Chiparus was an extremely prolific artist, producing a wide variety of mainly small-scale figures. These were executed generally either all in bronze or in bronze and ivory. Some designs were executed in both media, and a few occasionally in more than one size. A few figures were executed in spelter and ivorene though the white metal was cold painted in the same way as bronze, while the ivorene, which was cast, was painted in bright colors. Most of his figures were edited by the firm of Edmond Etling, though he executed a number of models for the firm of Arthur Goldscheider. Both of course had their own bronze foundries. He exhibited a bronze edited by Goldscheider at the 1928 Salon, La Danseuse Ta-Keo. His last recorded exhibit at the Salon was in 1939. Though his feminine figures and dancers made his reputation, he also produced a vast array of sculptures of children. Some are quite charming, often sentimental, but others were designed to appeal to slushy tastes that have become fashionable. He designed a number of colorful ceramic figures for Etling. Chiparus also executed a considerable number of religious figures. A few of his figures were edited by Editions Reveyrolis and some by Les Neveux de J Lehmann. Some of his bronzes were cast at the Marcel Guillemard foundry in Paris. He was awarded a prize at the Salon des Beaux Arts, in which several chryselphantine sculptors exhibited. Place a Bid!