Description:
Two Goldscheider Sculptures "Captured Bird" and "Butterfly Girl"
Ceramic
Designed by Joseph Lorenzl, Vienna, Austria, c. 1920
Two versions of a dancer in a costume with wing-like sleeves, assumed to have been inspired by the great Weimar era dancer, Niddy Imperkoven, impressed mark Lorenzl, ink stamp, Made in Austria, Goldscheider Wien, one with impressed model number 5434, the other 5230, ht. 18 and 17 1/2 in.
Estimate $1,000-1,500
Good.
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Keywords
Joseph Lorenzl, Niddy Imperkoven20th Century Design
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