Null Konrad Adenauer and Nikita Khrushchev as garden gnomes, German, 1950s/60s
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Konrad Adenauer and Nikita Khrushchev as garden gnomes, German, 1950s/60s Caricaturing depiction of the then German and Soviet heads of state Konrad Adenauer and Nikita Khrushchev with pointed cap. Slightly rubbed. Adenauer's old label from the Heissner company on the back, the feet each stamped "W. Germany 3" (or "4"), model numbers 28 and 22 (Khrushchev). Height approx. 25.5 cm each. The Heissner garden gnomes were part of the documenta 5 exhibition on "Parallele Bildwelten" from 1972. Condition: II

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Konrad Adenauer and Nikita Khrushchev as garden gnomes, German, 1950s/60s Caricaturing depiction of the then German and Soviet heads of state Konrad Adenauer and Nikita Khrushchev with pointed cap. Slightly rubbed. Adenauer's old label from the Heissner company on the back, the feet each stamped "W. Germany 3" (or "4"), model numbers 28 and 22 (Khrushchev). Height approx. 25.5 cm each. The Heissner garden gnomes were part of the documenta 5 exhibition on "Parallele Bildwelten" from 1972. Condition: II

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