Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), a matched pair of...
Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), a matched pair of cold-painted bronze and ivory figures mounted as bookends ‘Pursuits of Youth’, c. 1930, each signed F. Preiss on base Each modelled, cast and carved as a young man in medieval costume, one holding a falcon the other a book, one on a black slate base the other a marble base 16.5 cm high x 16.8 cm deep respectively Bryan Catley, 'Art Deco and other Figures', Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, 1978, p258 (similar models illustrated)
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Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), a matched pair of cold-painted bronze and ivory figures mounted as bookends ‘Pursuits of Youth’, c. 1930, each signed F. Preiss on base Each modelled, cast and carved as a young man in medieval costume, one holding a falcon the other a book, one on a black slate base the other a marble base 16.5 cm high x 16.8 cm deep respectively Bryan Catley, 'Art Deco and other Figures', Antique Collectors Club, Suffolk, 1978, p258 (similar models illustrated)
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