Portrait of Rosa Luxemburg
Maker
Simon & Halbig
(German, 1839 - 1920)
Dateca. 1910
OriginGermany
Dimensions20 in. (50.8 cm)
ClassificationsDoll
Credit LineGift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III
Object number2019.12
Label TextSimon & Halbig
(German, Waltershausen, Thüringia, 1839-1943, doll maker)
Heinrich Handwerck
(1876-1932, designer of head),
Character Doll (so-called Rosa Luxemburg)
Bisque head, composition body, about 1912
Marked: “Simon & Halbig/S&H/152/7” on back of head; “Heinrich Handwerck Germany/7” on lower body
Gift of Carolyn K. and Richard F. Barry III, 2019.12
The doll is believed to represent Rosa Luxemburg (1871–1919), who was a Jewish Polish-born, Swiss-educated and German naturalized Marxist, economist, and revolutionary socialist. She was executed in 1919 in Berlin.
Status
Not on view
ca. 1912