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Early 20th Century Cold-painted Bronze Entitled “tanzerin” By Ferdinand Preiss
£12,500 $16,726 €14,638
A striking Art Deco cold painted silver and enamel bronze figure of a beautiful young dancer in stretched pose with arms raised, on a shaped black marble and green onyx plinth and signed F Preiss
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Height: 41 cm
Width: 23 cm
Depth: 11 cm
Condition: Excellent Original Condition
Circa: 1925
Materials: Bronze, Onyx and Marble
Book Ref Ferdinand Preiss by Alberto Shayo
SKU: 9583
ABOUT
Tanzerin (Dancer) by Ferdinand Preiss
Ferdinand Preiss was born on the 13th February 1882 in Erbach in the Odenwald. From the age of 15 he lived with the family of the famous ivory carver Philipp Willmann, where he was trained to be... an ivory carver in his own right. In 1901 he travelled to Rome and Paris, where he earned his living as a modeller.
In Baden-Baden he befriended Arthur Kassler who became his companion. With Kassler he founded the company Preiss & Kassler, an ivory-carving business with a workshop in Berlin.
In 1907 he married a Berliner, Margarethe Hilme. Soon afterwards his son Harry and his daughter Lucie were born. At first, the available models of the new company consisted of small ivory carvings, including statuettes of children and classical subjects influenced by characters from ancient Greece. From 1910 the first carvings which combined bronze with ivory were produced. The casting was done by the company Gladenbeck in Berlin. When the First World War broke out in 1914 the company had increased the number of employees to six; all of whom were outstanding ivory carvers from Erbach.
Immediately after the end of the war Preiss and Kassler built up the business again and enjoyed great success during the 1920s. Preiss was the artistic director whereas Kassler devoted himself to the commercial side of the business. Their speciality was Art Deco cabinet sculptures which combined ivory with painted and gilt bronze and which were mounted on plinths made of onyx or marble. The models, most of which were designed by Ferdinand Preiss, were produced in limited editions. A large proportion of the production was exported to England and the USA.
The company Preiss & Kassler existed until 1943. Ferdinand Preiss died that year at the age of 61 from a brain tumour. The workshop with the stock of samples in Ritterstraße in Berlin completely burned down in 1945 just before the end of the war during a bomb attack.
Ferdinand Preiss is regarded as one of the leading ivory carvers of the Art Deco era in the 1920s and 1930s. His enamel and gilt bronze and ivory carvings are among the most costly in the world.
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Internal Reference: 9583
Antique ID Number (AIDN): SA1225866
Dateline of this antique is 1920
Height is 41cm (16.1inches)Width is 23cm (9.1inches)Depth is 11cm (4.3inches)
Antique SA1225866 shown on this page was made in 1920. For historical context, the timeline below highlights the period when it was created:
1920
ANTIQUE SA1225866
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