FERDINAND PREISS (GERMAN, 1892-1943): A PAIR OF COLD PAINTED BRONZE AND IVORY FIGURES OF CHILDREN 'SONNY BOY' AND 'HOOP GIRL' their clothes cast in bronze, their shoes of gilt ivory, the young boy holds a book, the girl a stick in her right hand, raised on rectangular onyx plinths, each marked on the base 'F. Preiss' 20.5cm high overall (2) Provenance: Purchased at Sotheby's, London, 19 May 2010, lot 151, £11,000, previously part of 'an important private European collection of Art Deco figures'. Related Literature: Catley, 2000, pp. 257, 267; Shayo, 2005, p. 130. THIS LOT IS SUBJECT TO CITES