29 November 2017 Russian Art Auctions
29 November 2017
§ 46. ORLOVA, HANNA (1888-1968)
Nude in an Armchair, signed, dated 1927 and inscribed with the foundry mark "Alexis Rudier/Fondeur Paris".
Bronze, height 41.5 cm.
15,000-20,000 GBP
Provenance: Weyhe Gallery, New York.
Collection Ury, New York.
Collection of Geoffrey Beene, New York.
Important private collection, Europe.
Exhibited: De l’expressivité primitive au regard inspiré, Centre d’art La Malmaison, Cannes, 28 June–26 October 2014.
Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del Novecento, Bordighera, 9 July–28 September 2014.
Literature: F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1991, p. 231, No. 122, listed.
Exhibition catalogue, De l’expressivité primitive au regard inspiré, Cannes, Centre d’art La Malmaison, 2014, p. 41, illustrated.
X. Muratova, Venere Russa. Fascino femminile nell’arte del novecento, Milan, Silvana Editoriale, 2014, p. 33, illustrated.
Related literature: For the composition in wood, see H. Gamzu, J. Cassou,
C. Goldscheider, G. Coutard-Salmon, Chana Orloff. Théories et Pratiques Artistiques, Brescia, Shakespear, 1980, p. 127, No. 122, illustrated.
F. Marcilhac, Chana Orloff, Paris, Les Éditions de l’Amateur, 1991, p. 230, No. 122, illustrated; p. 231, listed.
Notes on symbols:
* Indicates 5% Import Duty Charge applies.
Ω Indicates 20% Import Duty Charge applies.
§ Indicates Artist's Resale Right applies.
† Indicates Standard VAT scheme applies, and the rate of 20% VAT will be charged on both hammer price and premium.