ZSIGMOND KISFALUDI STROBL (or SIGISMUND DE STROBL, 1884-1975): PORTRAIT OF A YOUNG GIRL
a brown patinated bronze, English, circa 1933, modelled seated on a square stool wearing a long dress with short sleeves and holding a ball in her lap, signed and dated to rear table of the rectangular base ‘S. STROBL / 1933’, 44cm high Provenance: formerly in the collection of Will Tyler, personal assistant to the Lebus family, owners of the furniture business Harris Lebus, the bronze apparently given to him by the family; thence by descent to the vendor. The firm of Harris Lebus, reckoned by the early 20th century to be ‘the largest furniture factory in the world’ (www.harrislebus.com) was based on a 13½ acre site in Tottenham, London. They also operated a number of their own showrooms, as well as supplying outlets such as Heal’s and Maple’s, closing down in 1969. (https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/lebus-louis-harris-1887-1969, accessed 12.02.24) The Hungarian born and trained sculptor and artist, usually known outside Hungary as Sigismund de Strobl, spent a lot of time in Britain between the wars, operating from a studio in London as well as another in Budapest, becoming a celebrated portraitist of leading figures of the day, best known in this country perhaps for portrayals of the young Princess Elizabeth (see The Royal Collections RCIN 101407 and 2134, also see a 1937 British Pathé newsreel with George Bernard Shaw talking to Strobl in his studio, www.britishpathe.com/asset/67426/). Related Literature: Dr. K. László (ed.), ‘Catalogue of collection of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl in Zalaegerszeg’, Göcseji Múzeum, Zalaegerszeg, 2004a brown patinated bronze, English, circa 1933, modelled seated on a square stool wearing a long dress with short sleeves and holding a ball in her lap, signed and dated to rear table of the rectangular base ‘S. STROBL / 1933’, 44cm high Provenance: formerly in the collection of Will Tyler, personal assistant to the Lebus family, owners of the furniture business Harris Lebus, the bronze apparently given to him by the family; thence by descent to the vendor. The firm of Harris Lebus, reckoned by the early 20th century to be ‘the largest furniture factory in the world’ (www.harrislebus.com) was based on a 13½ acre site in Tottenham, London. They also operated a number of their own showrooms, as well as supplying outlets such as Heal’s and Maple’s, closing down in 1969. (https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/lebus-louis-harris-1887-1969, accessed 12.02.24) The Hungarian born and trained sculptor and artist, usually known outside Hungary as Sigismund de Strobl, spent a lot of time in Britain between the wars, operating from a studio in London as well as another in Budapest, becoming a celebrated portraitist of leading figures of the day, best known in this country perhaps for portrayals of the young Princess Elizabeth (see The Royal Collections RCIN 101407 and 2134, also see a 1937 British Pathé newsreel with George Bernard Shaw talking to Strobl in his studio, www.britishpathe.com/asset/67426/). Related Literature: Dr. K. László (ed.), ‘Catalogue of collection of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl in Zalaegerszeg’, Göcseji Múzeum, Zalaegerszeg, 2004
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a brown patinated bronze, English, circa 1933, modelled seated on a square stool wearing a long dress with short sleeves and holding a ball in her lap, signed and dated to rear table of the rectangular base ‘S. STROBL / 1933’, 44cm high Provenance: formerly in the collection of Will Tyler, personal assistant to the Lebus family, owners of the furniture business Harris Lebus, the bronze apparently given to him by the family; thence by descent to the vendor. The firm of Harris Lebus, reckoned by the early 20th century to be ‘the largest furniture factory in the world’ (www.harrislebus.com) was based on a 13½ acre site in Tottenham, London. They also operated a number of their own showrooms, as well as supplying outlets such as Heal’s and Maple’s, closing down in 1969. (https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/lebus-louis-harris-1887-1969, accessed 12.02.24) The Hungarian born and trained sculptor and artist, usually known outside Hungary as Sigismund de Strobl, spent a lot of time in Britain between the wars, operating from a studio in London as well as another in Budapest, becoming a celebrated portraitist of leading figures of the day, best known in this country perhaps for portrayals of the young Princess Elizabeth (see The Royal Collections RCIN 101407 and 2134, also see a 1937 British Pathé newsreel with George Bernard Shaw talking to Strobl in his studio, www.britishpathe.com/asset/67426/). Related Literature: Dr. K. László (ed.), ‘Catalogue of collection of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl in Zalaegerszeg’, Göcseji Múzeum, Zalaegerszeg, 2004a brown patinated bronze, English, circa 1933, modelled seated on a square stool wearing a long dress with short sleeves and holding a ball in her lap, signed and dated to rear table of the rectangular base ‘S. STROBL / 1933’, 44cm high Provenance: formerly in the collection of Will Tyler, personal assistant to the Lebus family, owners of the furniture business Harris Lebus, the bronze apparently given to him by the family; thence by descent to the vendor. The firm of Harris Lebus, reckoned by the early 20th century to be ‘the largest furniture factory in the world’ (www.harrislebus.com) was based on a 13½ acre site in Tottenham, London. They also operated a number of their own showrooms, as well as supplying outlets such as Heal’s and Maple’s, closing down in 1969. (https://bifmo.furniturehistorysociety.org/entry/lebus-louis-harris-1887-1969, accessed 12.02.24) The Hungarian born and trained sculptor and artist, usually known outside Hungary as Sigismund de Strobl, spent a lot of time in Britain between the wars, operating from a studio in London as well as another in Budapest, becoming a celebrated portraitist of leading figures of the day, best known in this country perhaps for portrayals of the young Princess Elizabeth (see The Royal Collections RCIN 101407 and 2134, also see a 1937 British Pathé newsreel with George Bernard Shaw talking to Strobl in his studio, www.britishpathe.com/asset/67426/). Related Literature: Dr. K. László (ed.), ‘Catalogue of collection of Zsigmond Kisfaludi Stróbl in Zalaegerszeg’, Göcseji Múzeum, Zalaegerszeg, 2004
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