Ferdinand Preiss

Art Deco Sculpture "Girl with flaming torches", by Ferdinand Preiss

ca. 1920

Very emotional sculpture by Käthe Kollwitz ( 1867-1945 ), Germany. Conceived 1940/1941. Bronze dark patinated on granite rectangular base. One of a 50 pieces, cast 1975. Signed down...

Bronze with light gold patina, 1931. Numbered 6/11, signed. Foundry stamp: H. Noack Berlin Width: 4.8 in ( 12,2 cm ), Depth: 3.31 in ( 8,4 cm ), Height: 6.1 in ( 15,5 cm )

Sculpture conceived in 1926 by Renée Sintenis ( 1888-1965 ). Bronze with brown patina. On hind foot monogramed: RS Dimensions; Height: 3.54 in ( 9 cm )...

Bronze, brown patinated by Ernst Barlach ( 1870 - 1938 ) Inscribed and numbered on the plinth: E. Barlach 8/8. Stamped with the foundry mark: H.Noack.Berlin. Dimensions: Width: 23.23...

Bronze with brown patina, 1923 by Bernhard Hoetger ( 1874-1949 ), Germany. Signed and numbered. Very good condition. Height: 5.98 in ( 15,2 cm ), Width: 3.54 in ( 9 cm ), Depth: 2.44...

Stunning Art Nouveau sculpture of a standing young women, tied to a stump. By Emmanuel Villanis ( 1858-1914 ), France ca. 1890. Bronze, patinated. Signed at the bottom. Inscribed: L'...

This Bronze portrait by Constantin Antonovici is laid directly into the surface of a cut slab of white marble. Intense and hollow eyes stare out from a smiling visage, creating an un...

This is an Art Deco bronze statue of a lion with a great marble base of three tones inlaid in geometric shapes. The lion is powerfully rendered, and its expression and musculature ar...

Art Deco leopard panther bookends by the French artist Frecourt on a marble base. Fine animal detailing work is signed on the metal with the artist's name, France, and initial C.R. T...

Bronze Art Deco Pair of Leaping Gazelle on Marble Base. This unique silhouette-style bronze piece showing the natural movement of these animals is from Europe. I always love the leap...

Affortunato (Fortunato) Gory (Italian, 1895-1925) A North African Huntsman Bronze and marble Signed on base 20 x 20 x 8 inches Affortunato Gory (Gori) was a French-Italian artist who specialized in Art Deco figurative sculpture...

Lucien Alliot French Art Deco Bronze The Gazelles 1930. The brown patina on a marble base signed on the bronze L Alliot and stamped bronze on the deer. This particular piece has exceptional rhythm where the two gazelles interplay in a movement depicting leaping over the hills or water—a very three-dimensional treatment showing the movement of the animals. Lucien Charles Eduoard Alliot (1877-1967), the sculptor, was born in 1877 Paris, France. His work was part of the sculpture event in the art competition at the 1924 Summer Olympics. He exhibited regularly at the Salon des Artistes Français, was a member and the gold medal in 1920, out of competition, and was a member of the sculpture jury from 1934 to 1939. Alliot was well known for his figurative sculptures, exhibited at the Salon de Paris for many years. He received a third-place award in 1907 (which included funds for travel expenses) and a first-place award l in 1920. After he declared himself out of the artistic competition, he became a jury member at the Salon evaluating sculptural works from 1934 to 1939. Alliot created several allegorical groups, La Paix in 1939, and several religious illustrations: Sacré Cœur in 1924, La Vierge Marie...