Live Auction 796320th Century Decorative Art & Design
FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943)
Lot 104

FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943)

AIRWOMAN, CIRCA 1930

Closed20 April 2011

Price Realised

GBP 17,500

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FERDINAND PREISS (1882-1943)
AIRWOMAN, CIRCA 1930
silvered and cold-painted bronze and carved ivory, on marble plinth
12¼ in. (31 cm.) high
bronze socle engraved F.Preiss

Specialist note

This previously unrecorded variant of the famous model differs from the production model in that the figure is wearing a ski hat as opposed to an aviators helmet.