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This artwork, The Snake Charmer by Otto Poertzel, is currently for sale at Jennmaur Gallery.
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Otto Poertzel, The Snake Charmer
 
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TITLE:  The Snake Charmer
ARTIST:  Otto Poertzel (German, 1876–1963)
WORK DATE:  circa 1920
CATEGORY:  Sculptures
MATERIALS:  silvered and cold-painted bronze and ivory sculpture mounted on a black veined marble base
MARKINGS:  signed
SIZE:  h: 21.5 in / h: 54.6 cm
STYLE:  Art Deco (ca. 1920s-1930s)
PRICE*:  Contact Gallery for Price
GALLERY:  Jennmaur Gallery  415-441-3977  Send Email
DESCRIPTION:  A young dancer modeled in a pirouette position in a catsuit above two writhing and entwined bronze snakes, on a turning pedestal.
Professor Otto Poertzel's iconic erotic sculpture was cast in 2 sizes, this example being the larger and the rarest of the two.

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ONLINE CATALOGUE(S):  Jennmaur Gallery Inventory
LITERATURE:  Bryan Catley, Art Deco and Other Figures, Woodbridge, 1978, p. 255 Illustrated
 
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