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Deux figures en porcelaine formant pendants représentant une danseuse espagnole et un joueur de luth, Meissen, circa 1933-1937
A pair of Meissen figures of the Spanish dancer and the Spaniard (Spanische Tänzerin und Spanier mit Laute), circa 1934-1937
A pair of Meissen figures of the Spanish dancer and the Spaniard (Spanische Tänzerin und Spanier mit Laute), circa 1934-1937
29 October 2025, 14:00 CET
Paris, Avenue HocheSold for €3,840 inc. premium
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Deux figures en porcelaine formant pendants représentant une danseuse espagnole et un joueur de luth, Meissen, circa 1933-1937
A pair of Meissen figures of the Spanish dancer and the Spaniard (Spanische Tänzerin und Spanier mit Laute), circa 1934-1937
A pair of Meissen figures of the Spanish dancer and the Spaniard (Spanische Tänzerin und Spanier mit Laute), circa 1934-1937
Modelled by Paul Scheurich, holding a fan in her left hand and castanets in her right, wearing a tilt hat, a bustier decorated with bobbles and a wide skirt decorated with a border of purple flowers and dots, incised 'Scheurich 31' on the back of the base, the guitarist seated on a pedestal, wearing a turquoise-lined yellow jacket with a grey hat with turquoise and blue baubles at the rear, white trousers with gilt details and a puce cummerbund, each on a lobed base moulded with grassy edges heightened in green, 27.4cm and 20.2cm high, crossed swords marks in underglaze-blue, incised model numbers A 1248 and A 1191., impressed former numerals 150 and 152, the dancer with painter's numeral 3. (2)
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The figure of the dancer was modelled in 1931, purchased by the manufactory the same year for RM 1,779.70 and delivered by July. The companion figure was probably made at the behest of the manufactory and was delivered in April 1932 at a purchase price of RM 1,500; the models were re-worked by Scheurich in Meissen in June 1932. Due to the adverse economic conditions, the manufactory was operating at reduced capacity so that the first porcelain examples were finished at the beginning of 1933. The forced departure of Max Adolf Pfeiffer from the manufactory in 1933 soured its relationship with Scheurich and he did not respond to repeated requests to design the colouring for the two figures; he only did so following the appointment of Wolfgang Müller von Baczko as Director in 1937.
Another pair from the collection of Prof. J. Rafael was sold in these rooms, 14 April 2022, lot 98.
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