#67

Wistful German Cloth Character, Series I, by Kathe Kruse
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$2,800
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Description

17" (43 cm.) All cloth doll with firmly pressed and oil-painted head, short brown hair in soft swirling curls, grey eyes, white eyedots, thick black and brown upper eyeliner, accented nostrils, closed mouth with pouty expression, shaded lips, all muslin body with stitch-jointed arms, side-hip jointed legs, wearing red woolen snow suit and scarf, leather shoes. Condition: generally excellent, very minor nose touch-up. Comments: Kathe Kruse, circa 1915. Value Points: very fine early model with superbly sculpted features, fine original painting well preserved with gleaming patina.