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Goldscheider Art Déco Figurine 'The Blonde Dream', by Stephan Dakon, ca 1932

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Finest Viennese Art Ceramic from the 1930s: Actress Lilian Harvey as a walking lady with a large hat, wearing a tight-fitting emerald green top with a bustier dotted black on light grey, lifting the hem of her long skirt with a large abstract floral decoration in beige, green and black with both hands in green-lined black gloves. On a beige, curved oval base with a black contour line. Lilian Harvey (1906 - 1968) was a British-German actress, singer and dancer. From 1923 she attended the ballet school of the German State Opera and received first paid appearances as a dancer in Hungary and Austria. She made a total of 12 films with Willy Fritsch, and in 1930 came the decisive breakthrough with the romantic comedy film 'Liebeswalzer'. 1931 the film 'The Congress Dances' appeared, in which she appeared in a scene 'Christels Song', better known as 'Das gibt's nur einmal' that today still exists as an Evergreen. During the Nazi era in Germany Lilian Harvey's career stopped because of her opposition to the regime and she emigrated first to southern France and then to the United States. After the war she returned to Europe and took turns living in Germany and France, where she died in 1968. Designed by STEPHAN DAKON (1904 - 1992), one of the most important designers who worked for the Goldscheider manufactory. The model was designed and made circa 1932 Manufactory: Goldscheider Vienna / Austria Material & Technique: hand-crafted ceramics, white earthenware, hand-painted, glossy finish Dimensions: height: 39,0 cm / 15.35 in width: 25,0 cm / 9.84 in depth: 12,5 cm / 4.92 in Marks: Model number 6551 / 323 / 7 Goldscheider Wien (Vienna) manufactory stamp MADE IN AUSTRIA Painter's and former's signs existing Artist's signature ‘Dakon’ on the underside of the base and on the top behind the figure Bibliography: DECHANT / GOLDSCHEIDER, GOLDSCHEIDER: Firmengeschichte und Werkverzeichnis / History of the Company and Catalogue of Works, Stuttgart (Germany), 2007, Page 434, Number 6551F Condition: Very good - usual signs of age

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