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Description
16" (41 cm.) All cloth doll with firmly-pressed and oil-
painted facial features,complexion and brown shaded hair
with delicate tendrils of curls onto the forehead,shaded
green eyes with brown and black upper eyeliner,white
eyedots,tinted brows,closed mouth with downcast pouting
lips,stitch-jointed arms,disc-jointed legs,wearing lace-
edged shirt,black velvet suit,woolen knit socks and
leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent. Marks:
921799 Kathe Kruse (foot). Comments: Kathe Kruse,circa
1920,the bust was inspired by (and is a near copy of) a
17th century bust by the Flemish sculptor,Francois
Duquesnoy; the model was very popular in the early 1900s
and inspired not only this Kathe Kruse model,but also K*R
115 with sculpted hair (see lot #95) and Marseille's Fany
(see lot #9). Value Points: fine original painting with
especially fine detail of hair on the early character
doll.