SARAH BERNHARDT (PARIS 1845-1923)

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29.07.2020 18:00UTC +01:00
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Lot 34 | SARAH BERNHARDT (PARIS 1845-1923)
SARAH BERNHARDT (PARIS 1845-1923)

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.

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