#119

Swiss Studio Portrait Doll from Sasha Morgenthaler in Original Costume
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Description
20" (51 cm.) Socket head with golden tan complexion, distinctive very plump cheeks and chin, elongated slender throat, painted grey/brown eyes with shaded detail, black and white upper eyeliner, brown lower eyeliner, short-stroke brows, tiny nose, closed mouth with small coral-shaded lips, brunette human hair wig, five-piece jointed body. Condition: generally excellent. Marks: 20/54 Sasha (ink script on left sole) Sasha (dress label). Comments: Swiss, Sasha Morgenthaler, the doll was the 20th doll created by her in 1952, and bears her signature. Value Points: wonderfully appealing character face on the perfectly preserved art doll, wearing her original tagged costume.