Chryselephantine figure 'The Aristocrats', c. 1925 – Otto Poertzel

Otto Poertzel
Chryselephantine figure 'The Aristocrats', c. 1925

H. 47 cm, 49 x 15 cm (total). Bronze, cold painted, face, neck and hands of the woman made of carved ivory. Plinth signed: Prof. Poertzel, foundry signet of Preiss & Kassler, Berlin (embossed). Composite base made of onyx and slate.

Provenance: Private collection West Germany since 2012, auction Quittenbaum 105/894, previously private collection in the Netherlands.

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Estimate: 9,000 € - 12,000 €

178A - Art Nouveau - Art Deco
01. July 2025 at 3:00 PM CEST

Literature:

An EC certificate from the Department of Climate and Environmental Protection of the City of Munich is available, which allows the marketing of objects containing ivory within the European Union. Catley, Art Deco and other figures, Woodbridge 1998, p. 240.

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Otto PoertzelChryselephantine figure 'The Aristocrats', c. 1925

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Otto Poertzel
Chryselephantine figure 'The Aristocrats', c. 1925