Demetre Chiparus “Leaving the Opera” Art Deco SculptureA rare and highly important Art Deco chryselephantine sculpture titled Leaving the Opera (also known as Dourge), by celebrated Romanian sculptor Demetre Chiparus, circa 1925. The sculpture depicts a fashionable young woman descending marble steps, pulling her long fur lined coat tightly around herself. Her elegant bobbed hairstyle and refined hair ornament reflect the height of Parisian fashion in the 1920s, a defining hallmark of Chiparus work. The