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Tea Party. Signed by the artist. | 5 nest. 6" to 1". ND#TeaParty. $95. Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
Girl with Kittens. Signed by the artist. | 7 nest. 7" to 1". ND#GKitt1. $95. Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
Festive Maidens. These dolls were
painted for us in the early 1990s, just as the Iron Curtain fell.
Multiple colors and themes, these were the "first fruits" of collapse of
Communism. Signed by the artists. 5 or 7 nested. Approximately 6" tall. Only a few
left. | Please click on the image to see all the dolls in this category. | 
| Ivan the Lesser Whose Intelligence is Greater. A colorful artistic doll with scenes from the fabulous Russian tale analogous to the Firebird. Brightly painted with bold colors. Every inch is painted. 7" to 2", 5 nest. Signed, by Vladislav Kochuga. Rostov on the Don, 1993. $300. One only. Please click on the image for a closer look. Back | 
| Russian Children's Tales. A fascinating doll with The Tale of the Turnip, Kroshechka-Havroshechka and followed by three pastoral landscapes. Brightly painted with bold colors. Floral motifs on the backs. Every inch is painted. 7" to 2", 5 nest. By E. Begaeva (signed). Made in Russia, Rostov on the Don, 1994. $300. One only. Please click on the image for a closer look. Please click on the image for a closer look. Back | 
| Russian Composers. Hand painted with gold enhancements. Tchaikovsky, Mussorgsky, Scriabin, Rimsky-Korsakoff, Stravinsky, Glinka and Stravinsky. By S. Zheleznov, 2006. 7 nest, 7 3/4" to 1 1/4". $175. Please click on the image for a closer look. Closeup | Closeup | 
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Composers. Hand painted with gold enhancements. Mozart, Tchaikovsky, Puccini, Wagner, Debussey, Bizet and Grieg. By S. Zheleznov, 2006. 7 nest, 7 1/4" to 1". $175. Please click on the image for a closer look. Closeup | Closeup | 
| Flower Maiden. 4" to 1 1/4", 5 nest. Artist's mark bottom of first doll. Sergiev-Posad, Moscow, circa 1993. $125. One only. Picture of Back of Doll | Closeup Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
| Hieronymus Bosch. "Altarpiece of the Temptation of St. Anthony". St. Anthony the Hermit was the founder of Christian monasticism. Panoramically painted with the fabulist paintings of Hieronymous Bosch by V. Tsekh of Rostov-on-the-Don. Meticulously finished, bright colors, brilliant lacquer. A wonderful addition to any collection. 7", 7 nest, 1994. $450. One only. Back | Closeup Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
Russian Bath House Maidens.
Painted in 1991 with the then-emerging liberty of perestroika. (Black bars not
present on doll). 6 1/2", 5 nest. Signed by the artist: Tatiana Kolcheva,
Moscow, 1991. $150. | Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
Paintings of Eugène-Henri Paul
Gauguin, (1848-1903). Gaugin was a leading artist of the Post-Impressionist period. In the 1890s, in
Tahiti, his painting style evolved to reflect the Pacific Islands'
primitive forms and brilliant colors. His striking images of Polynesian
women rank among the most beautiful paintings of the modern age.
Signed and dated by the artist: Maya Andreyeva, Rostov-on-the-Don, 1993. 6", 5
nest. $225. One only. | Back of Doll Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
Gzhel Maidens. Blue on white
throughout, in the style of the folk art of Gzhel pottery painting,
itself influenced by Dutch Delft. | 5 3/4", 5 nest. Signed by the artist: Xenia Denisova, 1991. $150. One only. Please click on the image for a closer look. | 
Cossacks.
Unusual painted and molded nesting doll. Eyebrows, hair, earring,
pipe, sunflower and ladybug all 3-D clay molded on first doll. Hair and
cross on each subsequent doll also molded. Signed and dated 1992 by the
artist: Popov, Moscow. Lacquer finish. 7", 5 nest. $225.
One only. | Please click on the image for a closer look. Back | 
Charlie Chaplin.
Before the break-up of Communism, Soviet leaders permitted Charlie
Chaplin movies to be widely shown throught the USSR. Chaplin's humor was mostly
physical and he satirized Hitler and Fascism. Chaplin became an instant and beloved
celebrity in Russia. This doll is an artist's original by Oleg Savchuk of Moscow,
painted in 1992. 8", 7 nest. $250. One only. |
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Extraordinary Matryoshka Dolls.
Below are very special Russian art dolls.
Please note: many of the photos have "flash spots". Dolls in all cases, except for where noted, are in excellent condition.
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Fairy Tales.
Colorfully painted early 1990s art doll with fairy tale themes.
Signed by the artist, circa 1993. 10 1/2" to less than 1/2", 12 nest. $400. One
only.
Please click on the image for a closer look. Back of Doll | Closeup |
| Paintings of Vincent Van Gogh.
Igor Shepel, the Russian artist and interpreter of this magnificent
doll, covers Van Gogh's short and intense career, paying particular
attention to his "happy" period. Paintings of sunflowers, wheat fields,
his bedroom, and self-portraits abound. Van Gogh's color palette,
distinctive dashed brush strokes, the hot reds and yellows of his
"Mediterranean" period, which he increasingly used symbolically to
represent his own moods, the softer palette of mauves and pinks in his
later period, his agitated brush--are all represented on this fantastic
doll. Some paintings include: Van Gogh with bandaged ear and pipe,
portrait of Pure Tanguy and Dr. Gachet, of Patience Escalier and Postman
Joseph Rouline, La Berceuse (Augustine
Roulin), Self-Portrait (in Saint-Remy, 1889), Self-Portrait in Front of
the Easel and many more. Covers Van Gogh's work in Paris, Nunen and
Antwerp (1881 - 1888) -- Arles (1888 to 1889) -- Saint-Remy (1889 -
1890) -- Auvers-sur-Oise (Summer of 1890). Fine painting on all portions
of each doll - most pieces have two paintings on the front and back.
Each doll is titled as to period. Signed and dated by the artist: Igor
Shepel, Rostov-on-the-Don, 1994. 12", 20 nest. A one-of-a-kind piece. Sorry, sold. One
only. Picture of Back of Doll Please click on the image for a closer look. |
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