Ferdinand Preiss 1882-1943 'Gamine', cold painted bronze and carved ivory, modelled as a young woman with short cropped hair in a casual pose with her hands in her pockets, her outfit in silvered metallic finish, on a rectangular green onyx base, signed 'F. Preiss' 34 cm high. Provenance: Rodney de Soos private collection Sydney. Literature: Bryan Catley, Art Deco and other figures, Woodbridge, Suffolk, 2003, p.