Peter Tereszczuk

PETER TERESZCZUK (Austria, 1875-1963).
"Young people".
Blued bronze and bakelite. With marble base.
Presents faults.
Measurements: 17,5 x 11 x 9,5 cm.
Sculpture of round bulk of mobile character in which two young people are represented. The girls dressed as peasants have hinges in their skirts in such a way that allows the spectator to open the skirt of the two young women, leaving to see partially the naked body of the protagonists. Peter Tereszczuk was an Austrian sculptor. Born in Wybudow, in the present-day district of Kosowa, in the Ukrainian province of Ternopil, Peter Tereszczuk lived his creative peak between 1895 and 1925 in Vienna. He is known in collectors' circles for his bronze figures in Art Deco style, and sometimes with ivory inserts (e.g. carved ivory faces). As a representative of Art Nouveau, he made not only small sculptures, but also a series of utilitarian objects such as desk sets or lamps, which were handmade by Arthur Rubenstein and Weichmann, Wiesbaden. This piece follows the mode of the chryselephantine figures in bronze and ivory that became popular towards the end of the 19th and beginning of the 20th century, taking its name from the gold and ivory Athena of Phidias.