Lot Essay
Charleston Dancer, also known as Red Dancer, was marketed in the 1930s in London by the Phillips & MacConnal Gallery of Fine Arts at 16 Conduit Street where it was sold for 18 guineas.
Details
'CHARLESTON DANCER', A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE**
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
inscribed 'F. PREISS'
17in. (43.2cm.) high, including marble and onyx base
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
inscribed 'F. PREISS'
17in. (43.2cm.) high, including marble and onyx base
Provenance
Christie's, New York, December 11, 1982, lot 350
Literature
Cf. V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture: Chryselephantine Statuettes of the Twenties and Thirties, New York, 1975, p. 92 and B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, 1978, p. 282 and V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 177