'Stretching' A Good Carved Ivory Figure of a Nude, circa 1925
modelled standing on a rock, with her left arm out-stretched, her head turned to the left, with a flower garland in her hair highlighted in blue, red and green, on a faceted onyx base
18cm high, no markings

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Although this model is not listed in Alberto Shayo's publication of Ferdinand Priess's work, a similar example was offered in Editions Graphiques exhibition 'Chryselephantine Sculpture', held at their Clifford Street gallery, 1973, item 76 where it is listed as Ferdinand Preiss's study.

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