$16,000
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23" (58 cm.) Bisque socket head with very full cheeks and throat, amber brown glass paperweight inset eyes, thick dark eyeliner, painted lashes, brushstroked and feathered brows, mauve-blushed eyeshadow, shaded nostrils, closed mouth with pale outlined lips, dimpled chin and philtrum, separately-modeled pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 11 (head) Bebe Jumeau Diplome d'Honneur (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, the wistful-faced model known as Bebe Triste, from original sculpture commission by Jumeau from the famed Parisien artist Carrier-Belleuse, circa 1882. Value Points: especially beautiful example with lovely bisque and shading, beautiful original aqua silk dress, matching straw bonnet with aqua crepe de chine ruffles and silk ribbons, original undergarments, aqua net stockings, black leather shoes with incised figure of doll by Alart.