Lot Essay
Flame Leaper was marketed in the 1930s in London by the Phillips & MacConnal Gallery of Fine Arts at 16 Conduit Street where it was sold for 24 guineas.
Details
'FLAME LEAPER', A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE**
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
inscribed 'F. Preiss'
13¾in. (34.9cm.) high, including stepped black marble base
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
inscribed 'F. Preiss'
13¾in. (34.9cm.) high, including stepped black marble base
Literature
Cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, suffolk, England, 1978, p. 277 and F.M. Ricci, ed., Isadora Duncan, Paris, 1979, pp. 60-61 and A. Duncan, ed., The Encyclopedia of Art Deco, New York, 1988, p. 35 and V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 167