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1940s Danish Just Andersen Disco Metal Figurine of Inuit Mother and Child

About the Item

1940s Danish Just Andersen Disco Metal Figurine of Inuit Mother and Child The figurine is made in Disco metal, an alloy of lead and antimony, which was Just Andersen's own invention and named after the Disko Bay in Greenland, where he grew up. The figurine is in patinated vintage condition and marked by Just. A. Just Andersen 1884-1943 was born in Godhavn on the Disko island, which is located on the west side of Greenland. His parents were inspector and probate manager in North Greenland. Just Andersens creative gene was quite obviously stimulated and developed during his childhood. Through his parents' business he grew up with a view of the world, and in contact with researchers and explorers who were later famous and inscribed in the history of their exploration and records of Greenland among them the famous explorers Robert Edwin Peary and Knud Rasmussen.

Creator:

Just Andersen (Designer, Manufacturer)

Dimensions:

Height: 2.76 in (7 cm)Diameter: 1.97 in (5 cm)

Style:

Art Deco (Of the Period)

Materials and Techniques:

Metal

Place of Origin:

Denmark

Period:

1940-1949