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Art Deco Sculpture & Metalware |
By Alfred W. Edward |
| Schiffer Publishing Ltd., 77 Lower Valley Road, Atglen, Pa. 19310, 1996, pp. 142, $37.50, hardcover. |
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| More than 200 color and black and white photographs and illustrations are contained in this overview of Art Deco metalware and sculptures. The author discusses the movements most significant artists, as well as their predecessors and modern counterparts, and provides an introduction to the designs of Hagenauer, WMF, the Bauhaus, Ferdinand Priess, Chiparus, Brancusi and Brandt, covering the countries of Austria, Germany, France and Denmark. A chapter on collecting Art Deco sculpture and a value guide is included. The author has been a Newport, R.I. metalware dealer for some 25 years.
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