#36

French Bisque Bebe Triste by Jumeau in Original Dress
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$13,500
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26" (66 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head with long-faced modeling, large blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner, painted lashes and feathered brows, mauve blushed eye shadow, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils of pointy nose, closed mouth with defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, separately modeled pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 12 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1884. Value Points: exceptionally beautiful model of Bebe Triste with exemplary bisque, sculpting and painting, original body with original finish, wearing original burgundy silk dress with elaborate construction, undergarments, stockings, leather shoes, silk lined straw bonnet.