Bruno Zach Vienna Bronze Austria Semi-Nude Lady with Hoop Bergmann circa 1930

Young dancer in an oriental costume with a tight bustier, a long, softly falling green skirt and a diadem on her hair tied at the nape of her neck, posing with her upper body stretch...

A finest Viennese Art Deco Bronze / Lady Dancer designed by modeller Ernst Beck (1879 - 1941): The woman clad in short girdled dancing dress (tight-fitting jacket and pants as well as short skirt) balances on tiptoes. The figurine’s left arm is raised. - SIGNED AT LATERAL EDGED AREA OF BASE: 'E.BECK' . Made by Viennese Bronze Manufactory. The figurine is attached to HIGH BLACK MARBLE BASE. height of figurine only...

A young woman in a long dress with short sleeves, softly enveloping her body, with a scarf covering her hair and falling well over her face to protect her from the burning sun, walking across the field at a leisurely pace, holding out her apron with the seeds spread out in front of her with her left hand and making a sweeping gesture with her right. On a narrow, elongated natural plinth with rounded corners, with the artist's signature ‘Schork 99’ incised on the side, as well as the Goldscheider manufactory's pressed stamp, pressed model number and incised monogram ‘AH’ on the back behind the figure. This motif is particularly well known in France, where it adorned all French franc coins and postage stamps for many years and was continued in a stylised form on all cent coins of the euro after 2001. Louis Oscar Roty (1846 - 1911) This sower is very familiar to the French: she was depicted on the fifty-centime coin and on the one-, two- and five-franc coins until 2001, when a stylised version of her appeared on the ten-, twenty- and fifty-centime coins of the euro. The figure dates back to 1887, when Roty designed a prize medal for the Ministry of Agriculture, a project that was not pursued. When the Minister of Finance commissioned new coins in 1896, Roty was among the selected artists. He drew on the Sower of 1887, but transformed his robust farmer into a slender Marianne, who wore the Phrygian cap of freedom. The traditional profile of the Republic was abandoned in favour of a more active, standing figure. This effigy was criticised, but generally very well received: ‘The seeds she generously throws into the earth are the countless ideas that may one day germinate and flourish when we are no longer here’ (La Liberté, 8 October 1898). The gesture is more symbolic than realistic – we do not sow against the wind, which nevertheless makes the hair behind the sower flutter – but it makes the composition more dynamic. Originally, ‘The Sower’ was used on the fifty-centime to two-franc coins introduced in 1897 and 1898, before appearing on postage stamps in 1903. It is thus the most widely circulated work of art in France. Although not included in the Musée d'Orsay's medal collection, this wax drawing on slate, typical of the technique of a medallist, is one of the most beautiful pieces and demonstrates the virtuosity of Roty. (Musée d'Orsay, The Collections) Design by HANS SCHORK...

Rare Art Déco Goldscheider Ceramics figurine The dancer wears a dance dress in red-brown tones cut low at the front and back with a wide, short ...

A charming early 20th Century Art Deco cold painted bronze figure of a young girl in period attire standing holding a hoop behind her back , raised on a shaped marble plinth and sign...

Elegant Art Deco sculpture Hoop Dancer titled ILLUSION created by Fayral (Pierre Le Faguays) for Max Le Verrier. The dynamic figure of a female dancer gracefully balancing with 2 hoo...

BRIAND (20th century) LE VERRIER Workshop Dancer with a hoop, cast iron sculpture with greenish patina and brown highlights, black marble base. Total height including base, 29 cm

Art Deco style sculpture hoop dancer signed by Briand, the pseudonym of Marcel Bouraine, cast by the Le Verrier Foundry. Patinated Art Metal on a Belgian Black marble base. Danseuse...