Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891-1945): A patinated bronze Orientalist figural group of 'The Slave Trader'circa 1920
the crouching seated male figure clad in draped robes and headdress beside a nude maiden covering her modesty, her coiffure arranged in a stylised upswept chignon, standing on a draped platform, raised on a canted integral base, signed Zack within the cast to the rear left corner and with foundry monogram to the front left corner, mounted on a corresponding verde antico marble plinth, 70cm high overallFootnotesBruno Zach was an Austrian art deco sculptor of Ukrainian birth who worked in the early-to-mid 20th century. His output included a wide repertoire of genre subject although he is perhaps best known for his erotic sculptures of young women.
Literature
See V. Arwas 'Art Deco Sculpture', Academy Editions/St Martins Press, 1992, p. 228 for a a similar study.
Zachs work was cast by several foundries including Argentor of Vienna, Bergmann and Altmann AG.
Bruno Zach (Austrian, 1891-1945): A patinated bronze Orientalist figural group of 'The Slave Trader'circa 1920
the crouching seated male figure clad in draped robes and headdress beside a nude maiden covering her modesty, her coiffure arranged in a stylised upswept chignon, standing on a draped platform, raised on a canted integral base, signed Zack within the cast to the rear left corner and with foundry monogram to the front left corner, mounted on a corresponding verde antico marble plinth, 70cm high overallFootnotesBruno Zach was an Austrian art deco sculptor of Ukrainian birth who worked in the early-to-mid 20th century. His output included a wide repertoire of genre subject although he is perhaps best known for his erotic sculptures of young women.
Literature
See V. Arwas 'Art Deco Sculpture', Academy Editions/St Martins Press, 1992, p. 228 for a a similar study.
Zachs work was cast by several foundries including Argentor of Vienna, Bergmann and Altmann AG.
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