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'JAVELIN THROWER', CIRCA 1925
Details
FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943)
'JAVELIN THROWER', CIRCA 1925
cold-painted bronze and ivory, on green onyx and black marble base
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high
stamped Preiss & Kassler foundry mark
'JAVELIN THROWER', CIRCA 1925
cold-painted bronze and ivory, on green onyx and black marble base
12 ¼ in. (31 cm.) high
stamped Preiss & Kassler foundry mark
Literature
Similar examples illustrated:
B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, 1978, p. 264;
V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 170;
A. Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, The Fire and the Flame, Suffolk, 2005, p. 142.
B. Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Suffolk, 1978, p. 264;
V. Arwas, Art Deco Sculpture, London, 1992, p. 170;
A. Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, The Fire and the Flame, Suffolk, 2005, p. 142.
Special notice
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