Hand-carved Old Marionette Puppet with Great Face, Hand-stitched Uniform wood frog which included a wonderful collection

which included a wonderful collection of mid-century art and design

Very nicely executed

framed by more sticks and bits

I purchased a small painting by this same Soviet artist

and signed on the bottom with what appears to be a stylized SL

Hand-carved Old Marionette Puppet with Great Face, Hand-stitched Uniform wood frog which included a wonderful collectionI think the carved and painted face on this guy is just terrific, perhaps all the better for missing what I believe was once a glued on nose! He looks about as good natured as a fellow could be, and with that big smile, large ears, and Frankenstein like nails right above the ears (wrapped with thread), he looks like a bit of a goofball too! Definitely a marionette, with some of his strings long ago snipped but still attached (they would pull right out