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Description
14" (36 cm.) Very firm composition socket head with painted brown
eyes in well-defined eye sockets,brown upper eyeliner,tinted
brows,accented nostrils,closed mouth with very full lips,brunette
mohair wig in soft curls,composition and wooden ball-jointed
body,wearing folklore costume of woolens and
silk,undergarments,leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent.
Comments: the character dolls were presented by Marian Kaulitz at
a 1908 doll art exhibition in Munich,Germany,and thereafter known
as Munich Art Dolls; the series is believed to have inspired the
German art character reform movement of the next five years. Value
Points: rare doll in appealing petite size,with fine original
painting,expressive lips,original body and body finish.