Description:

ERTÉ (ROMAIN DE TIRTOFF) (Russian/French 1892-1990) "Amazon," 1985,
cold painted bronze, signed in bronze at base and marked "41/375 Art Renaissance DS ©1985."

  • Provenance: Private Collection, Houston, Texas.
  • Dimensions: 17 x 13 x 5 in. (43.2 x 33 x 12.7 cm.)
  • Notes: The original distribution company for the Erte Sculpture Collection was Fine Art Acquisitions, Ltd. (FAA). Harris Shapiro and I started this company in 1980. As President of FAA, I opened the first Dyansen Gallery (named after my wife) In 1981 in Soho. Soon after, the R. K. Parker Gallery (low called Dyansen Eclipse Gallery) opened. In 1983, after FAA became a public company I sold my interest in Erte sculpture, FAA and my gallery to FAA. Shapiro and his colleagues have since opened their own venture. The company; which is now called Dyansen Corporation, into) the largest public art company in America. I invested my money enthusiastically in a new publishing venture focusing on Erte's objects of art. It is not well known that Erte has designed every conceivable item for the home. Remember that his theatre and opera stage settings are designs for interiors. His designs fir the films Rest less Sex, Paris and A Little Bit o f Broadway were masterpieces of interior design. His bowls, vases, mirrors, lighting, fire screens and other home accessories were also a part of his illustrations for the Harper's Bazaar fashion features as well as feature articles in the French publication Art et Industrie. Not one Erte collector in a hundred leas ever seen Erte's masterpieces in Art et Industrie. Were this body of work widely known, everyone would hail him as the most important artist-designer of the 20th century. http://erte.com/Objects/objects2.html
  • Condition: Some scattered paint loss, primarily on the base, but a few spots on the figure as well.

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