Original Art Deco bronze of female nude was executed by famous Slovenian-Austrian sculptor Theodor Stundl (1875 Maribor(Marburg) in Slovenia - 1934 Hohenberg/Lower Austria). The artist studied in Graz and Academy in Vienna (by Hellmer and Zumbusch). Main works: Figures in Justizpalast in Bruenn(1908); Kaiser-Franz-Josef -Monument in Cernowitz <1910<9; Kaiser monument in Eggenburg (1928); Schubertbrunnen in Vienna (1928); Great Figure"Paolo and Francesca" (1908, Kaiserprise); Wolke"(Vienna Hofburg, 1910); "Mother and child", Grinzing/Vienna 1931.
Literature: Thieme/Becker "General dictionary of artists"; Leipzig, 1999; Prof.H.Fuchs "Lexicon of Austrian artists", Vienna, 1975.
Inscription: signed T.Stundl and dated 1926 , stamp of Vienna Society of Friends of Small Sculptures ( Wiener Gesellschaft von Freunden der Kleinplastiken" with inventory number 1010(on the base).
Technique: bronze, light brown patina.
Measurements: h. 9 7/8" (25cm).
Condition: in very good condition. |