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Lisa

Munich Art Doll
1911-1912 (made)
Artist/Maker
Kaulitz (maker)
Vogelsanger (modeller)
Place of origin
Germany (made)

Character doll head, modelled by Paul Vogelsanger and painted in fast colours by Marion Kaulitz; composition head on jointed composition body.

Object details

Object type
Munich art doll
Parts
This object consists of 10 parts.

  • Doll
  • Blouse
  • Skirt
  • Underpants
  • Shoe
  • Shoe
  • Sock
  • Sock
  • Ribbon
  • Ribbon
TitleLisa
Materials and techniques
composition
Composition
Moulded
Brief description
Munich Art Doll, made by Kaulitz; Germany 1911-1912
Physical description
Character doll head, modelled by Paul Vogelsanger and painted in fast colours by Marion Kaulitz; composition head on jointed composition body.
Production typeMass produced
Object history
This doll has been redressed and rewigged.
It belonged to Dorothea Schön, who was born in 1899. Dorothea, nee Engel had the doll from 1912 and it was passed to her daughter Dorothea Law, nee Schön, in 1935.
Historical context
Marion Kaulitz produced and distributed dolls, doll heads and doll clothes, most of which she made. Heads from the same mould were given different wigs and clothes to represent boys and girls in colourful costumes. She also made dolls with fabric faces. Her name was generally put on the base of the doll's neck.
Kaulitz registered two trademarks in Germany in 1909 and 1911. The first has a picture which included the words MUNCHNER KUNSTLER KAULITZPUPPEN and the second the name KAULITZ.
She won a gold medal at the Brussels Exhibition, 1910 and a special diploma at an exhibition in Elberfeld, Germany, 1909. She was called the instigator of the PUPPENREFORM
Production
Reason For Production: retail
Bibliographic reference
The Collectors' Encyclopedia of Dolls, Vol 1 and II, DS, EA and EJ Coleman, Crown Publishers, New York, USA.
Collection
Young V&A Collection
Accession number
B.2:1-2000

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Record createdMay 15, 2000
Record URL
https://collections.vam.ac.uk/item/O39554/lisa-munich-art-doll-kaulitz/
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