Bonhams : Bruno Zach 'The Riding Crop' a Large and Impressive Patinated Bronze Female, circa 1925

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Lot 242

Bruno Zach

'The Riding Crop' a Large and Impressive Patinated Bronze Female, circa 1925

Sold for £ 84,000 (US$ 102,936) inc. premium

Design from 1860

17 Nov 2010, 10:30 GMT

London, New Bond Street

Bruno Zach

'The Riding Crop' a Large and Impressive Patinated Bronze Female, circa 1925
modelled bare-chested dressed in negligee, with original green patina, stockings and high heels, holding a riding crop behind her back, on an oval marble base
86cm high, signed in the cast 'Bruno Zach'

Footnotes

The example offered here is the one that can be seen in film The Servant, 1963. It was purchased by the current owner direct from Bapty & Co., the film and television prop hire company, in the 1960's.

A similar example was sold in these rooms on 11th November, 2009, "Design from 1860", lot 165.

Other examples can be seen illustrated in Victor Arwas Art Deco Sculpture, Academy Editions/ St Martin's Press, 1992, pg. 230 and Brian Catley Art Deco and other Figurines Antique Collector's Club, 2003, pg. 332.

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Bruno Zach 'The Riding Crop' a Large and Impressive Patinated Bronze Female, circa 1925

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