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Description
29" (74 cm.) Felt swivel head of angular adult shape, with pressed and painted facial features, narrow brown side-glancing eyes with delicate grey eyeshadow, painted upper curly lashes, fringed brows, accented nostrils, closed mouth with hint of smile, hole in mouth with cigarette, short blonde hair in side-parted bob. The body has a felt shoulderplate sewn over very slender and firm muslin torso, stitch-jointed shoulders of muslin arms with bent elbows, felt hands, muslin legs jointed at the hips and sewn with knees posed for sitting sideways, high heel feet. Condition: generally excellent, slight fading, few tiny pinhead moth holes. Comments: Lenci, 1926, model 533, named "Mimy" in the Lenci catalog, designed as a portrait of Marlene Dietrich as inspired by a drawing of the era of Marcello Dudovich. Value Points: very rare Lenci model is wearing her original organdy dress, pantalets, stockings rolled at the knees, gold heeled shoes, double strand of pearls, pearl earrings, original cigarette, and original wooden high stool for posing.