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Auction: Private Collection Mag. Peter Kovacek

21. October 2025, 4:00 pm

Object overview
Object

0079

Ferdinand Preiss

„Golfer with Swimsuit“
model number: 1147, Berlin, c. 1925
ivory, bronze, painted, onyx base; signed on the plinth „F. Preiss“
h. 23.4 cm (incl. base)

Literature

Alberto Shayo, Ferdinand Preiss. Art deco sculptor. The fire and the flame, Woodbridge 2005, illus. p. 149;
Victor Arwas, Art Deco Sculpure. London 1992, illus. p. 181

CITES certificate enclosed.

Estimate: € 1.500 - 3.000
Realized price: € 21.000 (incl. fees and Austrian VAT)
Hammer Price: € 16.000
Auction is closed.