Art Deco Porcelain Sculpture 'Three Drunken Sailors' Edouard Cazaux for DAX

Art Deco Figurine of 'Mata Hari' by Capodimonte / Naples Porcelain Company Italy, circa 1925 An exceptional work, displaying grace and movement, subtly hand- painted. The seductive turban and gold earring wearing dancer draped in a White and Iron-Red Moon and Star motif garment, on a tasseled pillow. Hence our Mata Hari, attribution/suggestion. The name Mata Hari, is a Malay expression for the sun. Literally meaning “eye of the day"/ dawn of the day' This exquisite figure, depicts the The dancer (Mata Hari ?) as the sun-wearing the moon and stars. Marked with the variation Blue underglaze Crown & N. In remarkable well cared for condition, some minor wear to the gilt. The figurine stands...

Handsome Art Deco Sculpture of a Swinging Male Golfer USA, Circa 1920s This exceptional Art Deco sculpture captures a fashionably dressed young male golfer in mid-swing, embodying ...

Art Deco German Pewter & Brass Allegory Sculpture Attributed to Kayserzinn Germany, circa 1925 In two parts, the floating female nude warrior holding a shield and brass trumpet, ...

'Hoop Girl' Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Signed Ferdinand Preiss (1882-1943) Germany, Circa 1920's We are pleased to offer the 'Hoop Girl' Art Deco Bronze Sculpture, a signed work by...

Art Deco Turquoise cracked glazed polar bear designed by Edouard Cazaux French ceramist and sculptor know as DAX

This remarkable porcelain vase dates from the 1930s and is the work of one of the primary exponents of French Deco ceramics, Edouard Cazaux. With this ir...

An Edouard Cazaux molded and acid etched glass vase, circa 1930 inscribed Cazaux/Gueron.

ABOUT This funny, humorous tabletop ceramic figurine depicts a drunken sailor lying on his back. Around his neck is a metal ring with an anchor on it. MARKINGS Signed on the left buttock: "Italy". DIMENSIONS: Height: 2.5 inches Width: 2 inches Depth: 3.5 inches VALERIE “VALLY” WIESELTHIER (Austrian-American, 1895 – 1945) was an outstanding ceramic artist. She was born to a Jewish family in Vienna, Austria. Her father, Wilhelm Wieselthier was a lawyer. Valluy attended theWiener Frauenacademie in Vienna from 1912 to 1914 and studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Rosalinda Rothhansl, Kolo Moser, Jodef Hoffmann and Michael Powolny from 1914 to 1920. In addition, she worked as an auxiliary nurse during the First World War. From 1917 to 1922, she worked for the Wiener Werkstatte. From 1922 to 1927, she ran her own ceramic workshop in cooperation with the Augarten porcelain factory, which was newly founded in 1923, but also with other companies such as Friedrich Goldschider, Gmundner Keramik and Lobmeyr. Her expressive and humorous porcelain figures attracted attention at the Exposition Internationale des Arts Décoratifs et industriels modern in Paris in 1925 and are considered typical examples of the Art Deco style style. From 1928, the artist increasingly moved her center of life to the United States. She went to the International Exhibition of Ceramic Art in New York City in October 1928. In 1933, she moved to Chicago with Paul Lester Wiener...