Auction: March 21, 2021

Lot #75: Puppet and Mask Assortment

(15) items including (4) puppets in Medieval-style dress with one being a representation of King Richard III, each constructed of papier-mache and cloth, hand-painted faces; (2) Agostino Dessi (Italian, b.1942) hand-made papier-mache masks, 2016, signed and personally inscribed to each interior, depicting a male and a female face; (5) contemporary masquerade-style masks with (3) signed or marked "Made in Italy"; a metal lower face mask having a label that reads "Prop mask from Tom Cruise movie 'Eyes Wide Shut'"; (2) handheld wooden musical instruments; and a painted metal jointed male figure on a stand