'Charleston Dancer', a cold painted bronze and ivory figure, cast and carved from a model by Ferdinand Preiss, of a young woman on tip toe with knees bent and arms twisted, wearing short red and silver tunic over gold stockings, with silver headband, on triangular base above brown marble waisted socle, signed in the bronze (right hand restored) -- 41cm. high

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'Charleston Dancer', a cold painted bronze and ivory figure, cast and carved from a model by Ferdinand Preiss, of a young woman on tip toe with knees bent and arms twisted, wearing short red and silver tunic over gold stockings, with silver headband, on triangular base above brown marble waisted socle, signed in the bronze (right hand restored) -- 41cm. high
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Lot Essay

C.f. Victor Arwas, Art Deco Figures (London 1992), p.177

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