523 - Erte's Limited Cast Edition of Bronze Sculpture - "Madame Butterfly"

Madame Butterfly is cast in limited edition. The edition consists of 100 pieces with 12 numbered APs, and 2 numbered HCs. Madame Butterfly is a 19 1/2 inch high bronze sculpture. The dominant patina is white gold leaf and rose with polished highlights. No unsigned or unnumbered exemplars of this edition have ben authorized and the master will be defaced and cancelled after the creation of the full edition, as described above. This edition is not a posthumous edition, a restrict for a recasting. Madame Butterfly is based on gouache created by Erte’ in 1923 as a costume for the singer, Ganna Walska, in the opera entitled “Madame Butterfly”. Madame Butterfly is valued at $11,000