Stefan Dakon Goldscheider Art Deco figurine - "Bubi"
("little boy") Vienna Austria c1930, depicting either Louise
Brooks or the more famous at the time, Colleen Moore, the figure
wearing a stylish shorts outfit.
This is a rare figurine being the smaller later version but still
retaining the 1928 hairstyle of model number 5815. No restoration
with typical Goldscheider glaze crazing.
Stefan Dakon 1904-1992.
Alongside Josef Lorenzl, Dakon is probably now one of the best
known of the Art Deco period designers to work for Goldscheider
(working from 1924) sculpting a wide range of stylish figures
depicting the "modern" woman. He worked in bronze, spelter and
ceramic and also designed for the famous firms of Katzhutte,
Goebel and Keramos.