GYPSY CALAMINE SCULPTURE AFTER ARTHUR WAAGEN
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A vintage European School patinated calamine sculpture, Young Gipsy, depicting a Middle Eastern female musician attired in traditional costume, after Arthur Waagen, French, German, 1833 to 1898. Mounted on a gilded stand. Signed in casting, Waagen, on the stand. The figure is modelled contrapposto so as to convey a natural and dramatic sense of rhythmic movement, the figure shown playing a hand drum. Max Arthur Waagen was a Lithuanian born French sculptor who moved to Paris as a young man to pursue a career as a sculptor. He soon opened a studio on Cours de Vincennes and became a highly regarded and celebrated artist noted for his accomplished Orientalist sculptures, depicting North African cultures, hunt scenes. Antique and Vintage European Cast Metal Sculptures, Figures, Figurines, Interior Design, and Collectibles.
Dimensions: H 31 3/8 in. All measurements are approximate.
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