A Work that Brought Chana Orloff and Jean Paulhan Together

Published on 16 April 2021, by Caroline Legrand

Auction on 24 April 2021 - 14:30 (CEST) - 20, rue Jean-Jaurès - 06400 Cannes

This cement sculpture from the collection of Chana Orloff’s friend Jean Paulhan attests that portraiture was her favorite genre.

Chana Orloff (1888-1968), Maternité (Motherhood), 1924, old proof in smoothed cement,... A Work that Brought Chana Orloff and Jean Paulhan Together

Chana Orloff (1888-1968), Maternité (Motherhood), 1924, old proof in smoothed cement, 63.5 x 37.1 x 31.5 cm/25 x 14.61 x 12.41 in.
Estimate: €40,000/50,000

In the 1920s Chana Orloff (1888-1968), who was born in Ukraine and moved to France in 1910, became one of the most sought-after portraitists in Paris. Everybody who was anybody in the City of Lights wanted to have their busts sculpted by the artist, whose fashionable style combined academic tradition,…

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