Vintage Porcelain And Wax Doll Brigitte Deval Doll Artist 1980’s One Of A Kind

Vintage Porcelain and Wax Doll Brigitte Deval Doll Artist 1980’s one of a kind.Spectacular Brigitte Deval Artist Doll. Stunning glass eyes, human hair wig . This extraordinary Vintage Brigitte Deval Doll is a one- of -a- Kind signed Wax over Porcelain. She sits on a charming little wooden chair that will come with her.She stars 24" Tall but when sitting , much less. She was made in Tuscany Italy where the talented and re-knowned German-born sculptress now lives. She was made in 1986,... and I purchased her at that time directly from Deval who became a personal friend. Each is a a unique bespoke one- of -a kind in gorgeous handmade clothing in Italian silk to the finest glass blown eyes of extraordinary color created just for Brigitte . Her braided hair is a human hair wig with soft wispy tendrils perfectly framing a face that is unforgettable, as Brigitte Devals faces are like NO OTHER in the world. She is considered the Botticelli of doll-making and her work is well-represented in Museums around the World as well as in the collections of many celebrities, from Barbara Streisand, Demi Moore, Michael Jackson, and Oprah Winfrey to name a few. Each a mini-masterpiece of mood and expression that belies her background as a sculptress. Her dewy ethereal complexion is reminiscent of the works of the Old Masters like Botticelli. Her extraordinary expressive eyes are costly hand-blown glass made just for her by a German glass- eye maker. She is 25” Tall.Truely one of the most beautiful dolls ever created by a doll artist. More beautiful & extraordinary than these pictures could ever convey! The expressiveness and incredible depth of color of this dolls spectacular hand-blown glass eyes are a Deval trademarks**** This is a superb RARE ORIGINAL offering from one of the world's foremost doll artists whose work has also been featured in Tiffany's windows. These dolls were sold at Ludwig-Beck in Trump Tower in NY as well as at some of the finest galleries in the world.The remarkable soft dewy skin-tones and her luminous ethereal expression are characteristics that distinguish Brigitte Deval's dolls. She has retired from doll-making which has made her sought-after ORIGINAL work all pthe more coveted and exclusive. At the time, her dolls sold between $2, 000- $14, 000 as reported by an L.A. Times feature story . (Google LA Times Brigitte Deval ) John Noble , the former curator of The Museum of the City of New York wrote extensively about her dolls in Dolls Magazine. See articles pictured, will include copies. This doll dates from the 1980's when Brigitte won the DOTY Award and Tiffany's in New York City commissioned her dolls for their famed window displays, draping them in costly jewelry.

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