Description: FERDINAND PREISS
1882-1942
Flame Leaper, circa 1935
carved ivory, patinated bronze and resin, onyx base
engraved plaque to the onyx base inscribed 'PRESENTED TO MRS ALLAN DALZIEL / on the occasion of the launch of the / S/S "IRON KNIGHT" / (built by LITHGOWS LTD) / By SIR JOSEPH W. ISHERWOOD & CO. LTD', inscribed signature 'F. PREISS' to the onyx base, foundry mark for Preiss-Kassler stamped to the bronze base
34 cm high
PROVENANCE
Mrs Jean Dalziel, acquired 1937
Private Collection, South Australia, by descent from the above
Private Collection, Queensland, by descent from the above in 2014
LITERATURE
Bryan Catley,
Art Deco and other Figures, Antique Collectors Club, London, 1978, p. 277 (illustrated, another example)
Alberto Shayo,
Ferdinand Preiss, Art Deco Sculptor, The Fire and the flame, Antique Collectors Club, Woodbridge, 2005, p. 164 (illustrated, another example)