Lot n° 302
Estimation :
100 - 150
EUR
MASK OF THE UNKNOWN WOMAN OF THE SEINE - Lot 302
MASK OF THE UNKNOWN WOMAN OF THE SEINE
Plaster representing the face of the drowned woman from the Seine.
20th century.
Height. 29cm; Width. 20cm; Depth. 17cm.
This mask takes on the features of l'Inconnue de la Seine, a young woman found drowned at the end of the 19th century. Truth or urban legend, it has been the subject of numerous molds, the first of which are said to have been made by Michel Lorenzi in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. Since the 1960s, this face has been used for cardiac massage dummies.
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