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Bust group

Demeter CHIPARUS
Bust group
 (c. 1925)

Medium
terracotta

Measurements
31.9 × 40.5 × 21.0 cm (overall)

Credit Line
National Gallery of Victoria, Melbourne
Bequest of Mrs Stella Hawkes, 1991

Reproduction requests

Gallery location
Not on display

Artwork Details

Inscription
incised in rear l.r.: D.H. Chiparus

Accession Number
D67-1991

Department
International Sculpture

This digital record has been made available on NGV Collection Online through the generous support of Digitisation Champion Dame Carol Colburn-Grigor CBE through Metal Manufactures Limited

Physical description
Two busts, the male behind and to the left of the female, ebonised octagonal plinth.

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