Impressive Art Deco sculpture of an athletic man bending a bar.
This work is titled "l'age du bronze" and signed by Demetre H. Chiparus.
The sculpture has a beautiful patina and stands on marble base with onyx inlay. France ca. 1930.
This model is illustrated in the book “Chiparus - Master of Art Deco” by A. Shayo, on page 65. “Art Deco and other figures” by Brian Catley. “Art Deco sculpture” by Victor Arwas, Academy. “Bronzes, sculptors and founders” by H. Berman, Abage. “Dictionnaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs et graveurs” by E. Benezit. Gründ “Dictionnaire illustré des sculpteurs animaliers & fondeurs de l’antiquité à nos jours “ by Jean Charles Hachet. Argus Valentines; “The dictionary of sculptors in bronze” by James Mackay. Antique collectors club.
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