Gerda Iro Gerdago Viennese Dancer Sculpture

Austria,1906-2004
Depicts a woman frozen an a dynamic pose dressed in an elaborate costume comprised of navy blue and lavender enamel over gilded bronze. Gerdago studied in Berlin and Paris before working as an assistant to the architect Oskar Strnad. During this time, Gerdago began to design statuettes of figures in dramatic poses often dressed in futuristic costumes and eccentric headgear. The Viennese foundry Artur Rubinstein had also produced some of her designs and created Gerdago signed objects.
Medium: Bronze, enamel, hardstone
Size: Approx. 14 1/4" t x 11" w x 8" d.
Signature: Signed "Gerdago" on hem of skirt.
Condition: Scratch to top of headpiece, hands easily bendable into place, as very small chip to the wrist part of hand on underside, some enamel loss especially to tips of toes, chip to left edge of base, base appears to have two bruises, otherwise good condition.