'CON BRIO', A BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE

CAST FROM THE MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS, 1930S

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'CON BRIO', A BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURE
CAST FROM THE MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS, 1930s
The female dancer in feathered toque and patterned bikini costume, gilt and cold-painted with metallic red, poised on one foot, with arms outstretched, striped green and black onyx pyramidal base
13 in. (33 cm.) high
Base engraved F. Preiss

Lot Essay

Cf: Victor Arwas, op. cit., p. 172.
See also: Martin Battersby (rev. ed.), The Decorative Thirties, London, 1988, p. 139 and Bryan Catley, op. cit., p. 283

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