Title:
After reading.
Description: 
An elegant woman with a beautiful dress holding a book.
Artist/ Maker:
Chiparus, Demetre H. or Dimitri H.
Signature/ Marks : 
Chiparus.
Edited by “Les Neveux de Lehmann”
Seal LN Paris JL.
Style:
Art Deco.
Date:
Ca. 1920.
Material: 
Cold painted and patinated bronze.
Carved ivory. 
Chrysélélephantine.
Onyx base.
Origin: 
France.
Size:
H. 25,5 cm x L. 12 cm. x W. 9 cm. 
H. 10 inch x L. 4.7 inch. x W. 3.7 inch.
Condition:
Good condition.
Literature:
“Art deco and other figures” by Brian Catley. Picture on page 62.

“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. 



Art Deco