Franz Xaver Bergman Art Nouveau "Frog" pen wipe c. 1905-1910
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Franz Xaver Bergman Art Nouveau “Frog” pen wipe c. 1905-1910
FRANZ XAVER BERGMAN (1861-1936) Austria
“Frog” pen wipe c. 1905-1910
Cold-painted bronze, boar’s hair bristles
For information see: Art Bronzes, Mich. Forrest (Schiffer, 1988).
L: 3 1/2″ x W: 3 1/2″ x H: 2″
Price: $1,675
A well-known animalier at the turn-of-the century, the sculptor Franz Bergman created a number of small bronzes in a variety of subject matter. Other figurative works were informed by the Jugendstil / Art Nouveau style and the European taste for the exotic as is found in his figures of rug merchants and camels. His animal sculptures, however, capture the Viennese tradition of naturalistic bronzes. The quality of the bronze casting shows tremendous detail, which was carefully brought out through the applied patination process known as cold painting.
Louis Auguste Dage / B. Altman & Co. (retailer) French Art Deco pottery vase c. 1930
LOUIS AUGUSTE DAGE (1885-1963) France
B. ALTMAN & CO. (Retailer)
French Art Deco pottery vase c. 1930
Earth color craqulure glaze with dark brown fissures with a heavy over drip glaze in blue and white variegated hues.
Marks: LD Dage (script signature on the side), Pour B. Altman & Co. Paris, New York, Made in France (on bottom)
H: 5 ½” x Dia: 7”
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