Whom You Know: BONHAMS PHOTOCALL: AFTER 80 YEARS IN HIDING 'LES GIRLS' JAZZ AGE DANCING GIRLS RETURN TO STAGE Our Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates

Tuesday, June 10, 2014

BONHAMS PHOTOCALL: AFTER 80 YEARS IN HIDING 'LES GIRLS' JAZZ AGE DANCING GIRLS RETURN TO STAGE Our Coverage Sponsored by Stribling and Associates

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Click here to watch sale highlights introduced by Mark Oliver

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On Monday 16th June, the press are invited to photograph Les Girls, a carved ivory and patinated bronze sculpture of three jazz age dancing girls by Demetre Chiparus, will be offered with estimates of £160,000-£180,000 at the Decorative Arts sale at Bonhams, New Bond Street on 18th June.

The bronze chorus girls on an elaborate marble base, were probably modelled on three members of the Tiller Girls, a popular dance troupe who performed in Paris in the glittering 1920s.

Each girl wears a skin tight costume in purple 'lizard skin' adorned with gilded embellishments which would have shocked and captivated audiences of the time. The modern costumes represent the new found freedoms for women and for female expression in the Jazz age.

The Tiller Girls would have been greatly admired by Demetre Chiparus as he sat in the audience of the cabarets at the famous Paris music halls of Les Folies Bergères or Casino de Paris which provided the subject of much of his work. A Tiller line-up could be as many as 32 girls of identical height and weight, dancing in perfect unison with arms linked. The Tiller Girls were highly trained and precise; most famous for their high-kicking routines.

Les Girls comes to Bonhams following a spectacular run of success that the auction house has had with leading works by Demetre Chiparus, including The Dolly Sisters, Almeria andThe Finale.

Another sale highlight is Clara, a stunning Chiparus study which is estimated at £140,000-£160,000. The large art deco cast Bronze and carved Ivory study (circa 1925) captures the dramatic pose of a female dancer from the Ballet Russes in her elaborate costume. The figure is engraved to base 'Chiparus'.

Demetre Chiparus

Chiparus (1886-1947) was a Romanian sculptor and artist who lived and worked in Paris. French theatre, Russian ballet dancers and stars of early motion pictures were often the subject of his works.

In 1924, the Olympic Games were held in Paris and visitors from all parts of the world flocked to the city, bringing with them their exotic arts and culture. The 'roaring twenties' jazz age was in full swing and the sexually liberated theatrical cabarets thrived, as did the modern shows of the Ballet Russes.

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