Details
'BOY WITH APPLE' AND 'BOY WITH BOOK', A PAIR OF IVORY FIGURES**
CARVED FROM MODELS BY FERDINAND PREISS
signed 'F. Preiss' (the larger figure), the smaller figure attributed to Ferdinand Preiss signed '8170'
7in. (17.8cm.) high, the larger, including green onyx base (2)
CARVED FROM MODELS BY FERDINAND PREISS
signed 'F. Preiss' (the larger figure), the smaller figure attributed to Ferdinand Preiss signed '8170'
7in. (17.8cm.) high, the larger, including green onyx base (2)
Provenance
Sotheby's, New York, June 11, lot 130
Literature
Cf. B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, England, 1978, p.263 for illustration of Boy With Apple