Tyra

Name: Tyra

Made by and When: Kaye Wiggs for Masterpiece Gallery, 2002

Material: Porcelain head, breastplate, lower arms, and lower legs; stuffed cloth body, upper arms, and upper legs; acrylic eyes, synthetic hair

Marks: The artist’s signature is incised in the head. Kaye Wiggs (stamped in gold) is underneath the incised signature / ©2002 / #053/600

Height: 24 inches

Hair, Eyes, Mouth: Light-brown wispy wig, dark brown inset eyes with applied upper eyelashes and painted lower eyelashes, an open mouth with two sculpted lower teeth, and pale mauve lip color

Clothes/Accessories:  Tyra wears a jersey-knit light-pink and dark-pink blouse with ruffled sleeves, a pink velour jumper decorated with embroidered animals, flowers, and squiggly lines on the front; printed pink knit pants, and a whimsical pink velour cap. Accessories include an 8-inch plush bear wearing a lavender felt hat, the doll’s photograph, a certificate of authenticity, and a hang tag.

Other: After making reproduction porcelain dolls in 1989, Australian doll artist Kaye Wiggs began sculpting dolls in the early 1990s. Made in a limited edition of 600, sculpted in porcelain, and sold through Masterpiece Gallery, Tyra was made before Wiggs began sculpting resin ball-jointed dolls in approximately 2004. This Tyra is #53 in the edition. A male doll, Tryee, uses the same head sculpt.

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