Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), a cold-painted bronze and...
Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), a cold-painted bronze and ivory figure‘Bather - kneeling male’, c.1930, signed F. Preiss on baseModelled, cast and carved as man wearing a nineteen thirties swim suit, onyx base16.5 cm highThis figure is often mounted with a female companion and is known as ‘The Bathers', but the figures were also sold separately. Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss Art Deco Sculptor - The Fire and the Flame, Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, 2005, p.40 & 146 (similar model illus
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Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), a cold-painted bronze and ivory figure‘Bather - kneeling male’, c.1930, signed F. Preiss on baseModelled, cast and carved as man wearing a nineteen thirties swim suit, onyx base16.5 cm highThis figure is often mounted with a female companion and is known as ‘The Bathers', but the figures were also sold separately. Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss Art Deco Sculptor - The Fire and the Flame, Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, 2005, p.40 & 146 (similar model illus
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