ID 377802
Lot 34 | SARAH BERNHARDT (PARIS 1845-1923)
Estimate value
£ 20 000 – 30 000
Autoportrait en chimère, encrier (Self-portrait as a Chimera, inkwell)
Modelled as a recumbent winged sphinx with a spiny reptilian tail and the clawed limbs of a mythical beast, clutching an open bowl with massive ram's horns and set with a devil's head, the inkwell concealed beneath a removable cover in the form of a pile of books, a quill pen rest cast into her hair, signed 'SARAH BERNHARDT'
bronze, dark-brown patina
12 in. (30.5 cm.) high; 14 1/8 in. (36 cm.) wide; 12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) deep
Circa 1879.
| Art style: | Symbolism |
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| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Art style: | Symbolism |
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| Auction house category: | Statuettes |
| Address of auction |
CHRISTIE'S 8 King Street, St. James's SW1Y 6QT London United Kingdom | |
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