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Posted 2 years ago
vetraio50
(358 items)
A Saturday morning "early-bird" purchase just a year ago. I had just arrived at the market when I saw the figure. I bought her, put her in a box and safely got her home on a bus. She is a terra cotta figure, slip cast, partially glazed with gilded hair and hand-painted decoration to the face.
She is 16.1 ins or 41 cm tall.
Josef Lorenzl designed her for Goldscheider in 1939. My figure is later for sure, when Germany used pre-war designs to get back on their feet.
The form is called "adagio" which means 'at ease'.
I think it refers to the slow, enfolding movement of a dancer leading to an extension of the leg. It's meant to grab attention with a breath-taking gymnastic leap or leg extension.
Strike a pose!
I'm still shocked that she has survived this long in perfect condition. People have been looking after her well for the last sixty years.
I mean to keep it that way.
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Lovely!!!
This Lady is Fantastic ...Your Site is very Helpful & Entertaining Love it
Hey Tucker, thanks for the comment and encouragement!
SHE S BEAUTIFUL!!!!!!!!!!!!
She is absolutely gorgeous vet !!!!!!!!!!
Season's Greetings to All!
Many thanks to everyone:
Hedgewalker, dharma, tucker, peteeone, BELLIN68, AmphoraPottery scandinavian_pieces , rlwindle, cis2you, olegaclockman47, upstatenycollector, vintagemad, tikiray, SpunkysMom, Grendelking, Savoychina1 & thriftfan
She is stunning I am lovin' her ! wow
Many thanks Manikin and czechman too!
Many thanks rocker-sd!
What number does the base stamp have? Is it made in Austria or Germany?
Hi from Sydney, Amanda.
She is marked with a black stamp Goldscheider and West Germany.
Incised into the clay is 8462, underneath that is 133 VII.
Width: 29cm
Height: 41cm
She retains her original silver sticker as well on the front of the base.
By the way your Hagenauer figures and the Susi Singers are fabulous!
Many thanks BluVamp & walksoftly!
PICTURES 2 AND 3 ARE ALMOST THE SAME; PLEASE EDIT AND TAKE A PHOTO OF MARKS WHENEVER POSSIBLE; THAT WOULD MAKE DISCUSSION MORE INTERESTING.
Sorry Ivan49. I'll take another picture and post it for you!
Hi Ivan! I've put in a photo of the base.
Thanks again for your comment.
I've found a similar terracotta figure 8462 which sold at Bukovskis in Stockholm, 5 May 2011, lot 886.
They give a manufacture of 1953 - 1960. The original model was designed by Lorenzl c/1939.
Many thanks the dove67, guyfrmatl, BluVamp. walksoftly, AmandaAddamsAuctions, rocker-sd, Manikin, czechman, peteeone, BELLIN68 & AmphoraPottery too!
My apologies for having just caught up!
Many thanks rlwindle!
Many thanks eye4beauty & Slave-to-glass too!
WOWZA!!
Love her!...:-)
Many thanks inky, ho2cultcha & PhilDavidAlexanderMorris too!
Many thanks mrmajestic1!
Many thanks musikchoo!
Many thanks mustangTony!
Thanks again musikchoo!
Deco dent......Love it...
Many thanks Truthisanarrow08!
Many thanks Hunter!
Reminds me of my hippie days:)
Many thanks nldionne! My hippy days were more swathed in tie dye!
I was the real deal I thought. Many years ago. Flowers in the hair, cheap wine and Janis Joplin;)
Your girl has same pose as gargoyles
Adagio is a ballet pose.
They move to a certain point, hold it for just that moment to sink into the memory and move on to another motif.
A distilled idea.
Here in Oz I knew of the hippie movement in the US. I was still at school, rebelling and reading about the changes sweeping the world. Music was a means our generation used to unite across the planet before the times of the global net.
Things were so different. Everyone loved one another back then. Now the world hates and distrusts. We considered everyone our brother and sister.
Lovely :)
Many thanks pickrknows and Phatbuddha too!
Many thanks trunkman!
she is divine:) and stunning i just had to look her again:)
Many thanks Phatbuddha and to you too Sean!