#272

Portrait Dolls of "Lasher" and "Rowan" from the Anne Rice Novel,The Witching Hour,with Provenance
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21" (53 cm.) Each is of wax with exquisitely-detailed sculpting of facial planes,enamel inset eyes,lightly-tinted features,he with brown tousled hair,she with long flowing blonde hair. The dolls are posed in a scene from The Witching Hour,she reclining upon a fine recamier,wearing antique lace gown,her wax arms held as though to protect herself,her head tossed backward,and he kneeling at her side in a beseeching manner. Excellent condition. 1990s,the dolls were created by artist Liz Shaw to represent Lasher and Rowan from the Anne Rice novel The Witching Hour,and were a gift from her publisher Knopf. An autographed photograph of Anne Rice with the dolls is included. One-of-a-kind.