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Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963)

12 June 2012, 10:00 EDT
New York

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Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963)

Butterfly Dancers, model 1101
carved ivory, gilt and cold-painted bronze, onyx base
inscribed Prof. O. Poertzel and Germany
height of figures 11 3/4in (29.8cm); height overall 16 1/2in (41.9cm)

Footnotes

Literature:
Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss Art Deco Sculptor, Woodbridge, Antique Collectors' Club, 2005, p. 161.

Provenance:
The Spicer family, California, circa 1930
Thence by descent

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