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Starfish Dancer

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    Object Details

    Sculptor

    Demetre Chiparus, b. Romania; worked: Paris

    Catalogue Status

    Research in Progress

    Description

    Female dancing figure standing on demi-toe, hands together above head, costumed in reptile texture, brown, with gold decoration covering figure completely, except face and hands which are ivory and are finely chiseled. Base of onyx pieces of various colors, mostly brown/beige, in various geometric shapes.

    Credit Line

    Gift of Stanley Siegel, from the Stanley Siegel Collection

    Date

    ca. 1925

    Accession Number

    1975-32-15

    Restrictions & Rights

    Usage conditions apply

    Type

    sculpture
    Decorative Arts

    Object Name

    Figure

    Type

    Figure

    Medium

    Onyx, gold on bronze, ivory

    Dimensions

    H: 39 x W: 11.5 x D: 6.3 cm (15 1/4 x 4 1/2 x 2 1/2 in)

    made in

    France

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    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum Collection
    Product Design and Decorative Arts Department

    Data Source

    Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum

    Metadata Usage

    Not determined

    Link to Original Record

    http://n2t.net/ark:/65665/kq452f9c3e9-2e67-4329-972d-579545a46464

    Record ID

    chndm_1975-32-15

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