Anri \'Tis The Season\' 6.5\" Hand Carved Little Boy and Puppy LE: 1113/2000 For Sale

The Anri company, founded by Anton Riffeser in 1912 inVal Gardena, South Tyrol, Northern Italy, is world-renowned for its hand carvedand hand painted figurines. Anton Riffeser named the company Anri using thefirst two letters of his first and last name.The creator of this fabulous Anri carving is renowned artist Sarah Kay. Ahousewife in a suburb of Sidney, Australia, Sarah Kay had always been fond ofdrawing. She had studied at an Art Academy and at the age of 20 she had startedworking for an advertising agency. The designs which brought her great success,however, were made during a period of great anxiety: her little daughter,Allison, was badly ill and to distract herself, Sarah Kay began to draw. Shedesigned happy children in a peaceful environment like the one she had knownherself on her grandparents farm. The overwhelming success of her designs maybe due to the fact that they remind people of their own childhood. Sarah Kay\'sdesigns are magnificently converted into wooden figurines by Master SculptorUlrich Bernard