Name: Kleine Leleti Club Mini Doll
Made by and When: Annette Himstedt, 2008
Material: Hard-cast vinyl except for the doe-suede bottom and upper thighs, human-hair wig, glass eyes
Marks: Head: Original / Annette Himstedt / ??symbol / Made in Paderborn Germany / 13/01 AE©; lower back: G13/7 AH©; the limbs are numbered—right leg: G13/6 AH©; left leg: G13/7 AH© (the arms are also numbered).
Height: 13 inches
Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Human hair brown wig pulled up into one topknot of three looped braids with braids on both front sides and at the top-front of the hair; the braids are accented with dusty rose thread; brown glass eyes with upper and lower applied eyelashes, closed mouth.
Clothes: Wears a dusty rose dress, a gray overdress with multicolored polka dots, pink floral-print underpants, dusty rose suede sandals that bear the artist’s initials on the soles; Kleine Leleti is missing a cloth headband that matches the fabric of the overdress.
Other: Kleine means “little” in German. Annette Himstedt’s Kleines were club dolls. Kleine Leleti is a mini version of the full-size, 31.1-inch doll, Leleti. See installations of the artist’s full-size dolls made throughout the years here.
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