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German Wax Doll

Creator: Cumming, James William Hunter, RSA · 1922-1991

One of several works based on puppets executed by the artist from 1972 . At the RSA AX for example he showed "The Puppet Maker"(1978), "The Clowns" (1980) and "Wax-Works - the German band" in 1981. See Jack Firth's monograph for more details


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