"Bronze Signed Endstorfer Wien 1921, Base Forming Pendulum With Rotating Circles"
Very rare and beautiful proof in bronze Art Deco period signed Endstorfer, located and dated Wien (Vienna) 1921. Anton Endstorfer (1880-1960) Austrian sculptor. Depicts a naked woman with a hoop. The hoop is in fact the Orobouros (snake biting its tail) The wooden base contains a pendulum with rotating circles. Movement to be revised (the balance spring is broken). Special order, a stamp located under the base indicates: "Made in Austria especially for B. Altman" B. Altmann: luxury store in central New York very fashionable at that time. Magnificent and very rare collector's item!