these automata enchant and inspire us
96 pages with 76 color photographs
centering on important French dolls from the most illustrious makers
and French dolls from Paris store Au Nain Bleu
European and Japanese artists
“ROSALIE - THE LANDMARK ROSALIE WHYEL MUSEUM OF DOLL ART, PART TWO” SOFTBOUND BOOK - JANUARY 11-12, 2025 Christian Bailley these automata enchant and inspireJanuary 11 12, 2025 at Theriault's Gallery in Annapolis, Maryland. Rosalie Whyel spent her collecting years in the advocacy of the doll as an art form, indeed, even naming her justly celebrated museum in Bellevue, Washington as The Rosalie Whyel Museum of Doll Art. It was not simply a museum of dolls, but, boldly, a Museum of Doll Art. Through her leadership, many collectors came to realize that the sculpture and design of a doll was an art form as