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THE DOLL BY CONTEMPRARY ARTISTS by Krystyna Poray Goddu & Wendy Lavitt - First Edition - 1995 - from Pooka Books and Biblio.com
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This collector's book features 100 dolls made in the past decade by the leading artists in the field. The book begins with an overview of the history of the movement to create dolls for 'art's sake.' Subsequent chapters cover the range of dolls being created today, organized by theme, from portraits of real people, figures of literature, and characters, to creatures of the imagination and abstract form. Also includes interviews with the artists and 125 photographs. The appendices include a glossary, a list of artists and their addresses, organizations or artists and collectors, museums displaying contemporary dolls, dealers, and a bibliography.



THE DOLL BY CONTEMPRARY ARTISTS

by Krystyna Poray Goddu & Wendy Lavitt

First Edition

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Book description: New York: Abbeville Press, 1995. A beautiful volume on Dolls and their history, this enchanting volume features the work of one hundred of the world's most outstanding artists and the dolls they have created, illustrated, hard cover, minor surface scratches to the rear dust jacket panal otherwise in very good condition, 227pp. First Edition. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good. Illus. by Lynton Gardiner-photographer. Oblong 8vo.

  • Bookseller: Pooka Books US (US)
  • Bookseller Inventory #: 006514
  • Format/binding: Hardcover
  • Book condition: Very Good
  • Jacket condition: Very Good
  • Illustrator: Lynton Gardiner-photographer
  • Edition: First Edition
  • Binding: Hardcover
  • ISBN 10: 1558598405
  • ISBN 13: 9781558598409
  • Publisher: Abbeville Press
  • Place: New York
  • Date published: 1995
  • Pages: 227
  • Size: 9.5 x 9.5 x 1.25 inches
  • LCCN: NK4894.A2G63 1995
  • Dewey: 688.7/221/09045
  • Weight: 2.6 pounds
  • Keywords: Dolls-history-20th Century
  • Subjects: ANTIQUES & COLLECTIBLES / Dolls;

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