#39

Carved Wooden Figure of Black Man with Fully Articulated Body
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$1,500
sold
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Description
14" (36 cm.) Carved wooden swivel head with painted hair and facial features,short very tight curls,defined ears,flaring nostrils,full lips,carved eye sockets,all-wooden body with dowel at upper torso for attaching to swivel head,jointing at shoulders,elbows,hips and knees,sculpted boots. Condition: generally excellent,original finish wonderfully preserved,one baby finger chipped. Comments: Germany/Austria region,late 18th/early19th century. Value Points: outstanding highly characterized sculpting,fully-articulated body,wearing superb original costume of embroidered silks,velvet blouse with richly encrusted metallic embroideries and seed pearl ornament,floor-length velvet cape with metallic soutache,original wooden base. The doll was acquired by the Cleveland Museum of Art in 1928.