'LIGHTER THAN AIR - MISS ADA MAY', A BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS, 1930S

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'LIGHTER THAN AIR - MISS ADA MAY', A BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS, 1930s
The female figure in cold-painted classical dress, with one foot pointed back, holding a ball aloft, stepped green, brown and black onyx base
13¾ in. (34.9 cm.) high
Circular foundry mark PK, plaques affixed to the base engraved "Lighter than Air" Ada May by Ferdinand Preiss and With Best Wishes from M^r and M^r^s Seddon October 13^t^h 1935

拍品专文

Cf: Victor Arwas, op. cit., p. 179
See also: Bryan Catley, op. cit., p. 273

Lighter than Air is a portrait of Ada May, a dancer in C.B. Cochran's popular review of the same name.