artist dolls by Annette HimstedtAUG152011Annette Himstedt: A Cinderella Story
Aschenputtel - 2003 vinyl doll by Annette Himstedt
For her 2003 vinyl collection, doll artistAnnette Himstedtbrought to life a fairy tale of renown. Her two dolls,AschenputtelandCinderella, bring to life the classic fairy tale.Aschenputtelis from the version by the German brothers,Jacob and Wilhelm Grimm. The story is calledAschenputtelafter the German name for Cinderella. Annette based her first doll on this story:
A rich gentleman’s wife lay dying, and she called her only daughter, the Cinderella figure, to her bedside. She asked the daughter to remain kind and generous, and God will protect her. She then died and was buried. Within the year, the widower married another woman, who had two beaitiful yet evil daughters. The stepsisters forced the girl to become a kitchen maid, stripping her of her fine clothes and possessions. Despite their cruelty, the girl remained pure in heart, and wept daily by her mother’s grave.
One day, the gentleman visits the city, promising his stepdaughters gifts of luxury. His own daughter merely asks for the first twig to knock his hat off on the way. She plants the twig, waters it with her tears and over the years, it grows into a silver birch tree. In its branches lives a dove, which comforts the girl during her misery.
The king gives a festival for three nights, and each time the girl retreats to the graveyard to ask for help. The dove presents her with gowns of gold and silver, but always leaving before the last strike of midnight. The Prince falls in love with her and threads off one of her golden shoes, but the sisters tried to trick the Prince by cutting off parts of their feet. The doves living on the tree alert the Prince to their treachery, and in the end during Aschenputtel’s wedding the birds fly down and strike the two sisters blind for the rest of their lives.
this is the story behind the doll..this doll is new in box with original price of 1200.00 ..she is new stock store/mint/complete/with a crimp in her original box/shipper but otherwise perfect...
layaway is available upon request
Annette Himstedt’sAschenputtelincludes a dove (made of clay) as well as a bowl of peas. She is a beautiful doll a little over 36 inches tall. As the working maid for the house,Aschenputtelwears a pink scarf atop her hair and a ragged dress.Aschenputtelshares the same head mold as Cinderella so the transformation from poor scullery maid to princess is almost magical.ox ASCHENPUTTEL(POOR CINDERELLA)from Annete Himtedt 2003
