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Daphne by Helen Kish
Adopted to Florida 2011
16 inches, vinyl, five points of articulation
All New Painting by Nancy Lee Moran
Acrylic paint, alkyd resin on eyes
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Handpainted Impressionist Eyes, Natural Fingernail Painting
Photographs, graphic design, and website coding by Nancy Lee Moran of USA
New Web Page 9/19/10, Updated 3/18/11
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Daphne Kish, Before and After Painting
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Daphne by Kish & Company has been painted by Nancy with blue eyes like robin eggs, also facial contouring. Daphne and her 12-inch sister doll Flora were part of the 1997 Sisters Collection by Helen Kish. A 16-inch (40 cm) vinyl doll, Daphne has joints at her neck, shoulders, and hips. Her rooted blond hair, hair ribbons, cream boots, and dress with Raggedy Anne design are original to her design.
Here is a link to a story page about Daphne on my website.
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The Sculpt, Clothing, Advice and Some Links |
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Original Kish Clothing
Her dress has warm, vibrant coloring in a fine fabric. The Raggedy Ann & Andy fabric motif is heartwarming. The lace edge of her long slip peeks out as an edge for her dress. She wears ivory lace-up boots, original hair ribbons, black woolen socks (new in package), a sash-belt, and pantaloons that have a zigzag machine-embroidery edge. Exceptional quality.
See Raggedy Ann History on Wikipedia (a sample follows)
Raggedy Ann is a fictional character created by American writer Johnny Gruelle (1880 to 1938) in a series of books he wrote and illustrated for young children. Raggedy Ann is a rag doll with red yarn for hair and has a triangle nose. The character was created in 1915 as a doll, and was introduced to the public in the 1918 book Raggedy Ann Stories.
Daphne and Flora were part of the 1997 Kish "Sisters Collection," with 16-inch Daphne being the older sister to 12-inch Flora. This VINYL doll has five (5) points of articulation (joints), at her neck, shoulders, and hips. Her interior "stringing" is neither too loose nor too tight ~ it is excellent. Her molding is very smooth. She can stand on her own (no doll stand needed). If you have other Kish dolls, this doll may become a big sister to Kish Bethany or other 11-12” dolls.
The doll comes with all of her original Kish clothing, COA, box, my own photo-certificate, as well as the photos in this this auction. In 2009 I purchased Daphne new-in-box from eBay seller deejay*s*toys. Please understand that I am purchasing dolls at retail prices, just as you would. I am a portrait artist, not a doll distributor, dealer, or shop.
Just as artists who work on reborn baby dolls do, I used a blush of shadow-colors in creases, dimples, and concave areas of the face and hands. Variations of the cheek color are on the nose and chin, at the skin-corners of the lips, at inner corners of the eyes, along the inner edge of eyelids, in the nostrils, in the collar bone crevice, on the inner fingertips, inside the ears and on earlobes. None of my paint pigments use lead or cadmium. While I painted this doll only for adult collectors, I wanted the paint to be safe around toddlers and babies.
PAINTED EYES: Her eyes are an Impressionistic mixture of muted blue with golden flecks.
HAIR: Her blond hair is rooted.
KISH MARKS: On the base of her skull is an impressed mark: 1997 © Kish & Company. I signed my name there, too.
The COA (certificate) states that this doll was limited to 1997 production.
Helen Kish makes deep sculpts, meaning to me that the facial features have stronger contours (more depth) than do other kinds of dolls I have studied up close. Stronger contours, yet an appearance of effortless naturalness, too. How I admire her sculpting! (I am not affiliated with the artist or her company.)
Link to Kish & Company website.
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Nancy Lee Moran's POLICY TO SHOW RESPECT FOR ROBERT TONNER, HELEN KISH & other doll creators is as follows:
The dolls I repaint were factory-artisan painted or were blank mannequins. I would not repaint a doll that the artist (Helen Kish) had painted herself, such as some of those in the Kish Signature Line. I would not paint a Kish sculpt in a limited edition of fewer than 300 (preferably 500 or more). I consult the beautiful book I own: Helen Kish: The Artist and Her Dolls by Louise Fecher (hardcover published in 2006). I am NOT affiliated with any doll company, creator or manufacturer.
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