Stephan Dakon (austrian, 1904-1997), Art Deco Bronze Sculpture Of A Half-naked Dancer

The Art Deco bronze sculpture of a half-naked dancer was created in the 1920s and 1930s by the famous Austrian sculptor and ceramist of the Art Deco period Stephan Dakon (1904 - Vienna - 1997).
Stephan Dakon attended a sculpture school and completed an apprenticeship at the Vienna Art Foundry. From 1924, through the intermediary of the ceramist Josef Lorenzl, he worked at the Vienna manufactory of Friedrich Goldscheider, for whom he created numerous models in the Art Deco style. From 1925 to the mid-1950s, he became one of Goldscheider's most important and creative designers. His specialty was the figurative representation of dancers and actresses, including Dolly Sisters, Rita Zabekov, Lilian Harvey, Louise Brooks, as well as the design of female wall masks and representations of children. Dakon also supplied models to the Viennese ceramics company Keramos and the German manufacturers Goebel/Oeslau and Porzellanfabrik Hertwig & Co./Katzhütte. Stephan Dakon's ceramics and bronzes are still traded at international auctions.
Dakon's works are in many private collections and in the Vienna Museum.

Literature: on Wikipedia online.
Inscription: signed on the round support.
Technique: bronze with green patina, stone base.
Dimensions: total 32 cm.
Condition: good, slight patina wear on the knee and elbow.