Sold for:
$1,410
$1,410
Michel Marcu Automaton of a Girl With Hoop, with bisque head signed Marcu , open mouth, blue glass paperweight eyes, pierced ears, blonde wig, composition hands, the left holding a stick, and articulated legs, standing beside wooden hoop on plinth-form velvet-covered base containing the going-barrel movement (no stop / start) playing a single air and causing the girl to beat the hoop which turns as though rolling, while she looks from side to side and moves her legs as though running to keep up, in charmeuse silk-taffeta costume with net lace overlay, ht. 20 1/2 in.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2007-10-28
