Chryselephantine figure 'Joker', c. 1928 – Roland Paris

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Roland Paris
Chryselephantine figure 'Joker', c. 1928

H. 27.5 cm (total). Cold painted bronze, face made of carved ivory. Plinth signed: Roland Paris (embossed). Brown marble base.

Provenance: Private collection West Germany since 2020, auction Quittenbaum 150B/358, previously private collection Berlin.

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Estimate: 2,500 € - 3,500 €

178A - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
01. July 2025 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

An EC certificate from the Department of Climate and Environmental Protection of the City of Munich is available, which allows the marketing of objects containing ivory within the European Union. Shayo, Roland Paris, Woodbridge 2016, p. 172.

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