#135

Very Rare Italian Cloth Portrait Doll of Marlene Dietrich
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$10,500
sold
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Description
23" doll seated (58 cm). 30" doll and stool (76 cm). All felt doll with pressed and painted facial features, brown side-glancing eyes, side painted lashes, grey eyeshadow, fringed brows, accented nostrils, blushed cheeks, brunette mohair bobbed wig with side-part, shapely torso, elongated limbs with bent elbows, crossed knees, feet positioned for high heels. Condition: very good, few moth holes on dress. Marks: Lenci (box). Comments: Lenci, from the early film star series by that firm, the model portrays Marlene Dietrich, circa 1930. Value Points: very rare doll, wearing original green multi-tiered flapper dress with back buttons, pearls, organdy ruffled underskirt, heels, pearls and earrings, and with cigarette; the doll is arranged seated on original wooden stool and is stored in her original Lenci box labelled 556 corresponding to her inventory number in original Lenci catalog.