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| Set of 5 Matryoshka dolls by Svetlana Lukina, photograph courtesy of the artist |
I wrote about this Matryoshka set in April 2019 here and posted the above photo on my Instagram page with the caption, "Not mine, but I wish they were." I must have spoken this set into existence into my collection that day.
As blessings would have it, I was able to purchase the artist's first nesting dolls that feature brown-skinned Victorian-era children in June of this year. They arrived from Russia on July 22, 2019, and are more magnificent in person than I could have ever imagined!
Much larger than I had realized initially, they range from 2-to-7 inches. In addition to the brown-skinned children on the front, draperies are painted on the back of all except the second doll, which has a beautiful field scene. I have attempted to capture the front and back of each doll and have also included comparison photos to illustrate the size of this set.
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| The unnested set is shown with a blank set of nesting dolls. This set is twice the size of the blank set (the largest doll shown, in the blank set, is 4 inches tall). |
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| The unnested set is shown in a size comparison with Madame Alexander's 8-inch Africa doll. |
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| The front of dolls 1 through 5 is shown here. |
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| Nesting dolls from the back |
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| Doll 1, front and back |
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| Doll 2 from the front, back, and side |
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| Doll 3, front and back |
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| Doll 4, front and back |
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| Doll 5, front and back |
Again, they are magnificent works of art! A machine-created Russian nesting doll set in any size is no comparison to an individually hand-painted, one-of-a-kind set by a Russian artist!
I hope you enjoyed the pictures.
Svetlana Lukina sells her dolls through Etsy here.
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Congratulations! I am really happy you managed to purchase these dolls. They deserved to be in the house of someone who could truly appreciate them. I couldn't think of a better home for them than your collection.
ReplyDeleteThank you so much, Arlette! The artist made a set of white nesting dolls some time ago. I asked if she had plans to make a black set (not for me). It was just a question, but she made these almost immediately. I could not justify the purchase then, but I could this past June. In due time, good things come to those who wait.
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I have never seen black nesting dolls. Your collection never ceases to amaze me.
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