Description: A Gerdago Cold-Painted Bronze & Dancer
circa 1930, signed to base "GERDAGO" and with foundry mark for Arthur Rubenstein of Vienna, Austria, raised on a stepped onyx plinth affixed to a period brass base.
HOA 14.25 in.
Born Gerda Gottstein in Vienna in 1906, she studied art in both Berlin and then Paris. By the early 1930s she began a very successful career as a costume designer for dance revues and films, earning the nickname the "Austrian Edith Head." She passed away in Vienna on January 20, 2004.
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Condition Report: Hands in poor condition with loss and glue residue; some wear to enameling; tight stable hairlines to ivory face with loss to dark paint on hair. This lot contains animal or plant material that may be restricted under federal, state, and/or local law. Please refer to our Terms and Conditions of Sale.