CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY PAUL PHILIPPE, CIRCA 1925

Details

A French ivory and cold-painted bronze figure of a dancer entitled 'Radha'**
Cast and carved from a model by Paul Philippe, Circa 1925
Inscribed P.Philippe/186, on a waisted onyx socle
17¼ in. (44 cm.) high, overall

Special notice

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Lot Essay

Active in both Paris and Berlin, Philippe produced bronze and ivory statuettes which primarily depicted fashionable women and dancers with elongated bodies and sharp-pointed features. His work was produced in Germany by both Rosenthal und Maeder and by Preiss-Kassler. Models stamped RuM can be dated prior to 1929 when Preiss-Kassler acquired that firm. In France, his models were produced and marketed by the LN & JL (Les Nevuex de J. Lehmann) foundry. See B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, 1978, p. 253 for an illustration of this model.

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