Hello,
I have found some information:
Sculptor's name is Peleschka - Lunard
The sculptor may be Austrian:
Peleschka, Lunard - worked mainly in bronze and ivory in Austria from 1900 - 1930's
http://artdeco.freewebspace.com/sculptors.html
or German:
Bronze and Ivory figurine of a young girl with hot ,sweet face with
pink cheeks,signed Peleschka Lunard Germany, 8" tall
http://www.trocadero.com/theoldetouch/items/273146/item273146.html
Works appear in some auctioneer's pages:
361 Skulptur, Peleschka Lunard, h 22 cm 9000
http://64.233.161.104/searchq=cache:TKiccG5TW0J:www.bamsesauktioner.com/slutpriser.html+Peleschka+Lunard&hl=pt
LOT : 156 Unknown artist, Gilded bronze with ivory, signed
Peleschka-Lunard, art deco, height incl. base...
Description : Unknown artist
Gilded bronze with ivory, signed Peleschka-Lunard, art deco, height
incl. base 22 cm
10.000
Estimate : SEK 10,000.00 - 10,100.00
http://www.icollector.com/viewPrintableCatalog.aspx?asid=2652
Maybe the pages below are from the same artist:
Signed only Peleschka:
http://www.erfurt-antik.de/wwwroot/art_00166.html
Signed F. Peleschka :
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=3775802594&category=1212
According to Google Answer's question posted in Feb 2004:
http://answers.google.com/answers/threadview?id=306188
"Peleschka was a third tier bronze sculptor, probably German or
Austrian but he/she could also have been Czech, at a time when there
were countless bronze sculptors. There is no evidence that he/she was
a member of any noteworthy art association, exhibited at any important
salon, received any substantial commission or is represented in the
collection of any museum of note. Likewise he/she did not leave
behind any masterpiece for which he/she would be remembered.
"Most of his/her works are from the 1890-1910 period, when Austria was
at the center of active bronze production."
"Bronzes by Peleschka are found to be signed Peleshka, F. Peleschka,
F. Peleschka-Long, Peleschka-Lunard. There is a slim possibility these
would have been different individuals but it is more likely the
signature variations simply reflect the passing fancy of the artist,
as is so often the case, or marriage."
And:
"well known sculptor F. Peleschka, born and worked in the 19th century
in Germany. . . .The sculptor is listed in several renown artist
encyclopedias . . . .I have found him in Berman book of Bronze where
he is listed with one sculpture but that makes this piece even more
rare." [Note that this seller is quite certain Peleschka was male.]
And:
"Peleschka was male, German, and lived and worked during the mid-late 19th
century. Apparently, he was a fairly popular artist at that time.
The highest value I have seen for the few of his works listed for
auction is about $1,500 in U.S. Dollars."
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