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CAST AND CARVED FROM A MODEL BY FERDINAND PREISS, CIRCA 1925
Details
'LIGHTER THAN AIR', A COLD-PAINTED BRONZE, IVORY AND GLASS SCULPTURE OF ADA MAY**
Cast and Carved From a Model by Ferdinand Preiss, circa 1925
on a green and brown onyx base
13½in. (24.3cm.) high
impressed with the Preiss-Kassler foundry seal, the base with silver tag inscribed "Lighter than Air" Ada May by F. Preiss
Cast and Carved From a Model by Ferdinand Preiss, circa 1925
on a green and brown onyx base
13½in. (24.3cm.) high
impressed with the Preiss-Kassler foundry seal, the base with silver tag inscribed "Lighter than Air" Ada May by F. Preiss
Provenance
Christie's New York, May 27, 1982, lot 20