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27" x 34" framed. Two Kathe Kruse dolls,boy and
girl,are posed shyly as they watch a long-beaked
duck and four little yellow chicks at their feet;
a vase is posed nearby suggesting that the scene
takes place on a table top. The girl is holding up
her skirt hem as though worried that the duck is
about to nip her. The painting is signed Ritta
Boemm. The Hungarian-born artist (1868-1948) was
noted for her genre still-life paintings of homey
scenes,and discovering the Kathe Kruse dolls
sometime about 1910,she realized how fittingly
they could be incorporated into her own
art,creating a life-like sense into an otherwise
still life. A small series of the paintings was
created by the artist about 1915. This is in
excellent original condition,framed.