Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943), 'Golfer', German, first half 20th century

cast and carved in patinated bronze and ivory in the form of a female golfer, with her club raised at the start of a left handed swing and her face downcast, signed in the cast bronze foot 'F. Preiss', supported on a green onyx base
22.5 cm high

• Lot Sold $14,000 (Hammer Price)
• $17,080 (Hammer Price with Buyer's Premium)

Provenance

Private Collection, Melbourne
Fine Asian, Australian & European Arts & Design, Sotheby's Australia, Sydney, 21 June 2017, lot 257
Private Collection, United Kingdom, acquired from the above

For an example of the same model displaying a right-handed grip, see Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other Figures, Antique Collectors Club, London, 2003, London, 2003, p. 272

Condition Report

Repair to both ankles and over painting in this area to the ivory, the figure's shoes and to the bronze base; cluster of small abrasions to the back lower left section of the bronze bathing suit, above the thigh; repair and repainting to the golf club.

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