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Sasha-Puppen: Sasha Dolls

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This is a beautiful coffee table type book on the Sasha dolls. The pictures of the dolls and their outfits are absolutely stunning. If you are a collector of dolls and especially of the Sasha dolls, you have to own this book! Not only does this over-sized book have full sized color photos of all of the Sasha dolls since the beginning, it also tells in detail the life story of Sasha Morgenthaler and her dream for the Sasha dolls.

This magnificent oversized book contains the story of Sasha Morgenthaler's life along with many gorgeous color photos of studio dolls made by Morgenthaler herself in her studio. The dolls are shown with the original costumes made by Morgenthaler from fabrics she recovered from items no longer used. This book is an art book as the dolls shown are pieces of art. One never tires of reading it and dwelling on one after another example of the fine work of this doll artist.

This wonderful book will please Sasha doll collectors and doll lovers the world over. Written in German with an excellent English translation it gives a clear history of Sasha Morgenthaler's life and her work in creating dolls and mannequins. The photographs are absolutely stunning and include pictures of Sasha herself, some of her sculptures, some photographs of the toys she made for her children and of course the wonderful photographs of many of the Studio dolls which were made by Sasha Morgenthaler.

The book is a beautifully produced hardback printed on thick quality paper and it is very moving to read it because so much love has gone into its production. The book includes chapters full of fascinating detail about Sasha Morgenthaler's life and work and towards the end there is a very moving description of family life by her daughter.

This is an heirloom book for anyone who loves the dolls that Sasha Morgenthaler created and it will be a treasure on your bookshelf for many years to come.