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Description
16" (41 cm.) Bisque socket head with plump cheeks and chin, blue glass paperweight inset eyes with spiral threading and darker blue outer rims, large black pupils, very rich dark eyeliner, mauve blushed eye shadow, feathered brows, accented nostrils and eye corners, closed mouth with very full outlined lips, row of dainty painted teeth between the lips, pierced ears, blonde mohair wig over cork pate, all-wooden body with shapely derriere, dowel-jointing at shoulders, elbows, wrists, hips, knees and ankles, defined carving of fingers and toes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 1 (head) H (and illegible numbers on back torso). Comments: Leon Casimir Bru, his distinctive Bebe Modele, inspired by his earlier deposed poupee wooden body, was made from 1879 to 1883 only. Value Points: a particularly gorgeous bebe with rare painted teeth, finest bisque, very rare articulated wooden Bebe Modele body, and owning a pair of brown leather shoes impressed B in an oval.