KARL PERL
"DANCER'
BRONZE, SIGNED
AUSTRIA, C.1925
13.5 INCHES
Karl Perl
1879-1965
Perl was an Austrian sculptor and engraver, born in Liezen. He studied with Hellmer Zumbusch and Kundmann.
Besides a large body of Art Deco sculpture he designed coin and madallions, and was commissioned for portrait busts.
He died in Vienna.
From Wikipedia:
Karl (Carl Sigmund) Perl was born into a wealthy family at Grafenegg Castle near Liezen. His father Carl Franz Perl, who ran a modern steam brewery in Styria, came from Vienna, his mother Maria Agnes Wagner from Silesia. When the castle and the brewery burned down - presumably after an arson - the father went to Vienna with his sons Karl and Rudolf.