#352

Wonderful and Rare Doll "Little Assunta" by American Artist Gordon Anderson
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Description
8" (20 cm.) Clay shoulder head with black sculpted hair in casual tousled curls,painted facial features,brown upper glancing eyes,closed mouth with pert expression,softly stuffed muslin torso and upper limbs,clay hands with starfish-shaped modeling,clay lower legs with sculpted tumbling socks and toe-less shoes,wearing original patched cotton dress and pantalets. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: G,Anderson _73 (shoulder plate) Gordon Anderson #5 Little Assunta,Dec. 1,1973. Comments: depicted is the little girl from the Rose O'Neill stories of Kewpie adventures,by the American artist,Gordon Anderson,1973. Value Points: wonderful artistry of the storybook figure.