Mirka Mora 'Boy' cool tones it will delight collectors of

it will delight collectors of Blackman and works on paper

Despite its beauty

accompanied by a Letter of Provenance and comprised of the finest quality museum-grade materials

Image Size: 43 x 31 cm

Mirka Mora 'Boy' cool tones it will delight collectors ofMirka Moras interest in dolls and puppets, or soft sculpture, began with her theatre and mime training. As an adult she also collected antique dolls, before finally embarking on creating them herself in 1970. The characters she birthed in cloth felt, to Mora, like substitute children; at the time, her sons were living apart from her. Indeed, despite being mere paint and cloth, Moras dolls felt alive. When they were first exhibited in 1971, John Reed