Preiss, Ferdinand (1882 Erbach - 1943 Berlin)

Lot 2502 limit € 280

Bronze, gold patinated, "Frühlingsonne (Spring Sun)", standing nude girl with slightly bent arms, mounted on a stepped stone base, representation typical of the artist in grace and form, slightly devious monogram on the sole of the foot, incised signature on the stone base, H without base approx. 47 cm, with base approx. 60 cm, slight age patina, around 1920, F. Preiss was a student of Phillipp Willmann, undertook study trips to Milan, Rome and Paris, worked in Berlin, where he founded his own company, Preiss & Kassler, whose collection initially small sculptures made of ivory, including children's statuettes and sculptures, from 1910 the first combined sculptures made of bronze and ivory were created