|
| E-CARDS | ABOUT WENDY | POETRY | GIFTS | ART | ORDERING INFORMATION | |
||||
|
 |
Beast My doll Beast practicing her saxophone on a bright fall day outside. Her hero is James Dean and she wants to play like Ornette Colemen who she met once. She's a little wolf headed monster and we love her. Beast will never be for sale but we will be glad to update you with her adventures. "Shut Up" Beast grins manically |
||
 |
This is a picture of a series of doll installations at The Great Salt Marsh on Madison and 77th in NY in the mid 80's. They were also in doll shows at Victoria Falls on Spring St. in Soho, where one show was called "semi-transcendent and not to be missed" by the New York Times... The Museum of Modern Art stopped in for a walking tour on the "workings of the imagination."
Wendy's dolls were featured for one year in her "legendary" store on Saint Marks Place for one summer in 1979, where they lounged on movie chairs in front of the decorated walkdown shop. It was called "Wendy's bargain basement" - "and corn and heart art," after the automat restaurant in New York Horn and Hardart. Always changing, it was frequented by rock and punk music types and was next door to 13 The Saint Marks Bookstore. It is said Bruce Springsteen and other cool people would stop in. Dolls from the top "Tibetan Queen" was sold. She is an antique German Bisque head doll with Turquoise and silver totally encrusted. She was sold to an on-line customer through the internet who will be glad to give references. 36 inches. Her feathery winged companions on each side are "Robin". Composition face, all feathers covered with great wings. 28 inches. $600 And below her is "Sprout" 12 inches |
||
 |
FlowerBaby Buddha
Bisque doll head from the 1930's. 20 inches tall, dressed totally, adorned with huge 40's flowers from hats treasures, wonderful embroideries - a big ceramic pink rose in her lap and silver grapes in her hair. She's grown white wings since the picture was taken and has jeweled eyes. Usually she's in a trance. Comes with her own chair. |
||
 |
Funny Baby
All clothed in pink and white flowers with real wings and duck peeking out of her hair. Rare and valuable jewelry parts. |
 |
Clown Husband
Crackly clown face of papier mache', probably from the 40's, with magic marble eyes, his costume is a cut up 40's sequin dress and long purple curly fur. Antique American flag pins fly above mounds of gold swirls and rubies. He wears red chanel chains, leopard leggings and has a good sense of humor. Incredible intricate tiny leather shoes with rhinestone detailing and metal cleats. Great dancer! 28 inches Purple tinsel hair pours from under his Moroccan hat of beads and sequins. Gold star and Flag atop. |
 |
Picture of two dolls on a park bench. Doll #1 is "Doll with marriage on her mind" Atop her lacy cap sits antique bride and groom dolls from the top of wedding cakes one couple is all paved and her hat is made of bridal laces, shell feathers, and pearls. Her body is all furry with different animal prints, a furry feathery skirt, and she's got a bottle of soda pop in her hand. African shells form the top of her bodice. 36 inches tall. All movable parts, cuddly body, flirty eyes that open and close and go side to side. $2500 Order# D0516A06 Doll #2 is "Floating Annie." She's 16 inches tall with furry costume and wings of white dangly things. Everywhere carved ivory turtles crawl upon her bodice, on her head is a huge dragon's head (her mentor), and upon her head under the dragon's circle are a stork, a howling dragon, a monkey holding his ears, and a part of a Chinese headdress made of kingfisher feathers, rare and valuable in the shape of a bird. And a netsuke horse peeks out from his bed of crystal and pearls. |
||