Deco Antiques - Bronze & Ivory Sculptures

Bust of Aphrodite by Ferdinand Preiss

A delightful Art Deco small Bronze and Ivory bust of Aphrodite, illustrated in “Art Deco and Other Figures” by Bryan Catley.

Date: circa 1912

Height: 9.5cm (3.75 inches) including base

Signed: Inscribed “F Preiss” on base

Condition: Very good, with a small hairline age crack on her right shoulder.

Illustrated in “Art Deco and Other Figures” by Bryan Catley.

Cigarette Girl by Bruno Zach

Impressive gilded bronze figure of a young lady in a trouser suit smoking a cigarette and standing on a pink marble base. Her long hair is gathered into a pony tail and tied with a bow.

Date: circa 1930

Height: 38cm (15 inches) including base

Signed: Bruno Zach on bronze plinth

Condition: Good original condition. Minor damage to cigarette.

Bust of a Lady by Professor Otto Poertzel

A stunning and beautifully modelled, patinated bronze and Carrara marble bust of a lady, probably a member of the Ducal family of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha, mounted on a variegated marble base. In the 1930s, Poertzel worked closely with Ferdinand Preiss and many of their works are indistinguishable, save by the signature.

Date: circa 1925

Height: 26 cm (10.2 inches) including base

Signed: Inscribed “Prof Poertzel" in the maquette and "RuM" for Rosenthal und Maeder, Berlin

Condition: Outstanding original condition.

Nue Assise by Maurice Guiraud-Rivière

An impressive silvered bronze Art Deco figure of a sophisticated 1920s lady resting on a black marble base.

Date: circa 1925

Height: 40.5 cm (16 inches) including base

Signed: M. Guiraud-Rivière on top of marble base.

Condition: Excellent original condition. A few minor blemishes to marble base.

Illustrated in "Art Deco Sculpture” by Victor Arwas.