Franz Xaver Bergman

Estimate

5,000 - 8,000 GBP

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Description

Franz Xaver Bergman
Table lamp with a reclining lady fanned by a page
signed: Nam Greb, stamped with the Bergman seal, stamped: MADE IN AUSTRIA and numbered: 5 three times
cold painted bronze

Catalogue Note

The owner of a Viennese foundry, Bergman specialised in creating decorative objects in cold-painted bronze. His works bear the signature marking of a ‘B’ in an urn-shaped cartouche. However it has been suggested that on the erotic works which he is best known for, he would inscribe ‘Nam Greb’ - ‘Bergman’ in reverse - in order to disguise his identity.

RELATED LITERATURE
J. Zobel, Antique Vienna Bronzes, Atglen, 2008, p. 192