LOT DETAILS

Materials:

cold-painted and parcel-gilt bronze; carved and tinted ivory; on an onyx base

Measurements:

23.23 in. (59.00 cm.) (height) by 13.46 in. (34.20 cm.) (width) by 6.22 in. (15.80 cm.) (width)

Description:

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Markings:

base engraved F. Preiss

Exhibited:

A Private Collection of Art Deco Chryselephantine Sculpture, Sotheby's, New York, July 17-August 25, 1995

Literature:

Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 1978, p. 270. Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, the fire and the flame, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2005, p. 105 (for the smaller version of this model)

Provenance:

Frederic M. Babbish Estate, New York, 1988