FERDINAND PREISS 1882-1943 'GAMINE'
FERDINAND PREISS 1882-1943 'GAMINE'Estimate $15,000 – $25,000
cold painted bronze and carved ivory, modelled as a young woman with short cropped hair in a casual pose with her hands in her pockets, her outfit in silvered metallic finish, on a rectangular green onyx base, signed 'F. Preiss'
34CM HIGH
PROVENANCE
Rodney de Soos private collection Sydney
LITERATURE
Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other figures, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2003, p.279
CONDITION
Good overall condition, a number of very very fine hairlines to ivory legs, the silvered finish has a little surface rubbing to small areas.
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