Preiss, Ferdinand (1882 Erbach - 1943 Berlin)

Lot 2503 limit € 80

metal, two-tone patina, "Hoop Girl", on a polished stone base, one of the artist's best-known children's figures, slight signs of age, H approx. 29 cm, bottom with old label from the sales outlet "Juwelier Roller, Chemnitz", probably 1920/30s, 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 included small ivory sculptures, including children's statuettes and sculptures first combined bronze and ivory sculptures