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Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963) 'The Aristocrats': An Art Deco Cold-Painted and Carved Ivory Figural Group, circa 1925

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Lot 218Y Ф
Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963)
'The Aristocrats': An Art Deco Cold-Painted and Carved Ivory Figural Group, circa 1925

Sold for £ 18,812 (US$ 25,686) inc. premium

Decorative Art & Design

11 Aug 2020, 10:00 BST

London, Knightsbridge

Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963)
'The Aristocrats': An Art Deco Cold-Painted and Carved Ivory Figural Group, circa 1925
modelled as young woman with plaited hair, wearing a long medievalist dress, and walking two borzoi; the figure raised on a green onyx plinth
40cm high, signed 'PROF.POERTZEL' in the cast

Footnotes

  • Literature:
    Variant of model illustrated in Statuettes of the Art deco period, Alberto Shayo, ACC Art Books, 2016, p.202.
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Professor Otto Poertzel (German, 1876-1963) 'The Aristocrats': An Art Deco Cold-Painted and Carved Ivory Figural Group, circa 1925
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Ф Item contains or is made of ivory

This lot contains or is made of ivory. The United States Government has banned the import of ivory into the USA.
Y CITES

Subject to CITES regulations when exporting items outside of the EU, see clause 13.

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