Lot Essay
This model was orginally marketed with a typical Preiss base of green and black onyx. The base on the offered lot is a replacement hence the lack of signature.
Details
'SALOME DANCING', A GILT-BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE**
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
13in. (33cm.) high, including marble base
CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
13in. (33cm.) high, including marble base
Literature
V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture: Chryselphantine Statuettes of the Twenties and Thirties, New York, 1975, p. 87