'Gamine', 1930s

Lot: 404

H. 33.5 cm (incl. base). Cold-painted bronze, head, collar, arms and legs of carved ivory, part painted. Base signed: F. Preiss (engraved). Onyx base.
Please note that due to US and Japanese law this item cannot be sold to any US state or territory and to Japan because it contains Material protected by the Washington conservation agreement such as ivory, rhino horn or rosewood etc.

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Hammer Price: 18,000 €

147B - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
12. November 2019 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss, Woodbridge 2005, p. 181, p. 47 (Phillips & MacConnal, London, cat. 1939); Catley, Art déco and other figures, Woodbridge 1998, p. 260.

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'Gamine', 1930s

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