Josef Lorenzl was born on 1 September 1882 in Vienna, Austria and died there on 15 August 1950. Little is known about his early years, but more is known about his later life. Lorenzl started his career working at a foundry at the Vienna Arsenal where he learned the techniques of bronze casting. The Vienna Arsenal was a military storage complex located in the south-eastern part of Vienna. Reference: Wikipedia
Below are some examples, information, price guide and maker’s mark of Josef Lorenzl including a bronze figure of a “bat girl” and a polychrome figure called the Captured Bird.
An Art Deco bronze group of two dancing nudes, by Josef Lorenzl, circa 1930 on a green onyx base bronze base with ‘Lorenzl’
Sold for 5,040 GBP at Sotheby’s in 2007
The Captured Bird, model no.5230, circa 1922 Glazed polychrome ceramic. 46.8cm high Manufactured by Goldscheider, Vienna, Austria. Incised facsimile Lorenzl signature, with impressed factory marks.
Sold for £ 3,187 inc. premium at Bonham’s in 2020
LORENZL ‘BAT GIRL’, CIRCA 1925 cold-painted bronze, carved ivory, onyx base, signed renz 8in. (20.3cm.) high
Sold for GBP 1,250 at Christie’s in 2009
Art Deco Bronze, Ivory and Marble Figure of a Female Jester After a model by Lorenzl Height overall 14 3/4 inches.
Sold for $1,440 (includes buyer’s premium) at Doyle in 2006
ATT. JOSEF LORENZL. A PAIR OF EARLY 20TH CENTURY SILVERED BRONZE AND MARBLE BOOKENDS modelled as a banjo player and dancer with painted decoration by Crejo 18cm high
Sold for £1,800 at Hutchinson Scott Auctioneers in 2021
Josef Lorenzl Maker’s Mark
