SONNY BOY' AND 'HOOP GIRL'; TWO GILT AND COLD-PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURES.
Preiss; Ferdinand. 1892 Erbach - 1943 Berlin. Model 1179 and 1123.

Cold painted bronze; ivory; each green onyx base. a) Schoolboy with a book under his arm; the hands loosely in his pockets. b) Young girl in playsuit; holding a hoop and staff behind her back. Height each 21cm.
Each on the backside of the base inscribed 'F.Preiss'; engraved. Condition B.

Literature:
Shayo; Alberto: Ferdinand Preiss - Art Deco Sculptor - The fire and the flame;
Woodbridge/China 2005.
To the present models cf. illustration and description p.130.

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