AFTER ARTHUR WAAGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY

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A GERMAN COLD-PAINTED SPELTER MODEL OF AN ARAB DANCER
AFTER ARTHUR WAAGEN, LATE 19TH CENTURY
Standing on a plinth draped in a lion pelt holding aloft a tambourine, her loose clothes cast in removeable sections, inscribed to the base 'WAAGEN'
29in. (73.5cm.) high

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Lot Essay

Born in the Baltic Port of Memel, Arthur Waagen (d.1898) pursued his career as a sculptor in Paris, where he was inspired by the fashion for the Oriental. Renowned for his fine and realistic modelling, Waagen produced a series of sculpture with a North African flavour.

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