#54

Portrait Bebe by Emile Jumeau, Size 11
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$11,250
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Description

24" (61 cm.) Pressed bisque socket head, deep blue glass paperweight inset eyes, dark eyeliner encircles the eyecut, painted lashes, mauve blushed eye shadow, brush stroked and multi-feathered brows, accented eye corners, shaded nostrils, closed mouth, defined space between the shaded and outlined lips, impressed dimples at lip corners and chin, separately applied pierced ears, brunette mohair wig over cork pate, French composition and wooden eight-loose-ball-jointed body with straight wrists. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 11 (head) Jumeau Medaille d'Or Paris (body). Comments: Emile Jumeau, circa 1990. Value Points: very beautiful portrait bebe with deeply defined facial features, long-faced modeling resembling the Bebe Triste, very fine quality of bisque and painting, original early body, wonderful antique costume of fine batiste with lace and silk ribbons, undergarments, leather shoes.