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Lot 2
2
'THE PARTING', AN IVORY FIGURE**
CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS
Details
'THE PARTING', AN IVORY FIGURE**
Carved From a Model by Ferdinand Preiss
On green onyx base
7in. (17.8cm.) high
Provenance
Victor Arwas
Literature
Editions Graphiques Gallery (intro. by Victor Arwas)
Chryselephantine Sculpture
, n.d., p. 73
Lot Essay
cf. Victor Arwas,
Art Deco Sculpture
, 1992, p. 165 for an illustration of this model.