Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910 Decorative Arts From the estate of Mr

From the estate of Mr

: René Lalique

25" Height

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Franz Bergmann Orientalist Arab Slave Nude Group Cold Painted Bronze Signed 1910 Decorative Arts From the estate of MrA very large 24" (61cm) Franz Xavier Bergmann (1861 1936) cold painted bronze group statue, signed, Austria, circa 1910. The bronze in the Orientalist manner & depicts a young slave girl and an Arab trader, the two figures standing on a rocky outcrop. He wearing a cold painted robe and she protecting her modesty with a garment. The statue is signed with Bergmann's initial "B" inside a twin handled urn, below are the letters "GESCH" an abbreviation for