A paper doll and a paper outfit designed and painted by Zelda Fitzgerald presumably for her daughter, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith., Neither doll nor outfit has been cut out from the sheet they were painted on. Autograph of the painter on each sheet., and The doll is a male figure with green skin and white hair --perhaps from the artist's fairy tale series of paper dolls. The outfit consists of a knee-length green coat with a yellow lining. It includes a belt, cloak, gloves, and boots, all in white. Tan-colored tights complete the ensemble along with a green shako which has white spheres as decoration.
A collection of paper dolls and paper outfits designed and painted by Zelda Fitzgerald for her daughter, Scottie Fitzgerald Smith., Consists of five male and three female dolls, four men's outfits and two women's outfits., Gift from Scottie Fitzgerald Smith to Henry Flood Robert, Jr., Missing from the six dolls are three arms, two hands, and two feet; one head has been partially replaced by the artist. Missing from the outfits are three sleeves., The style of the clothing is evocative of French courtiers of the reign of Louis XIV., and Two of the outfits are taped onto the figures of the dolls they fit; the other four outfits do not fit the dolls in this collection.
Publisher:
s.n.,
Subject (Name):
Robert, Henry Flood,--Jr.--Ownership and Smith, Scottie Fitzgerald--Ownership
A full-length standing figure of a boxer carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. He incised the title "The Boxer" in the front edge of the surface on which the figure stands, and "Sept. 13th 33" and "LGBolling" on the back edge. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Wild Cat," the ring name of an unidentified boxer in Richmond, Virginia, who posed for Bolling.
Alternative Title:
Wild Cat.
Description:
Gift of Carl Van Vechten., Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), African American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia., and Title from sculpture and plate on base of sculpture.
Subject (Name):
Bolling, Leslie Garland, 1898- artist
Subject (Topic):
African American boxers--Portraits, African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia
A head of a woman carved in wood by Leslie Garland Bolling. It is unsigned and undated. A metal plate attached to the front of the base gives the title as "Woman's Head."
Description:
Gift of Carl Van Vechten., Leslie Garland Bolling (1898-1955), African American sculptor living and working in Richmond, Virginia., and Title from plate on base.
Subject (Name):
Bolling, Leslie Garland,--1898-
Subject (Topic):
African American sculptors--Virginia, African Americans in art, and Sculptors--Virginia