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Description
17" (43cm) Hand pressed paper mache
shoulderhead of aged black man with bald
pate, incised age wrinkles, highly
characterized face, brown glass upper
glancing eyes, thickly sculpted brows, closed
mouth with somber expression, tightly
sculpted beard and sideburns, black muslin
body with button-jointing at shoulders and
hips, black paper mache lower arms and
legs, original costume includes unusual
paper shirt (frail) and woolen suit. Condition:
generally excellent. Comments: unique
portrait doll, one-of-a-kind, hand sculpted by
Georgian artist, Leo Moss, circa 1900. The
doll was previously exhibited in the Antique
Dollhouse Museum of Galveston Texas until
its auction in 1987, and has been held in a
private collection since that time. Value Points:
outstanding example of the talent of the
unschooled American artist, in well preserved
condition.