Aleksander DZIOBEK (20th century), Pair of figures - Hutsul and Hutsul woman

Terracotta clay modeled and painted "by hand", wire (Hucul's kostur),
minor rubbing and paint loss on figures and bases; dimensions:
-) Hucul height 11.5 cm, circular base 5.3 x 4.5 cm,
-) Hucul woman height 12.3 cm, circular base 5.3 x 5 cm;
on the bases on the back engraved in the mass A D - [Aleksander Dziobek].
Pokuttya - Kolomyja, Alexander Dziobek, 1920s - 1930s.
Figurine of a Hutsul woman wearing a kerchief - rańtuch, light-colored, long shirt, spare clothes, serdak - sheepskin coat, and postols (helmets), with a sack thrown over her back, the end of which she holds on her chest with both hands. A mustachioed Hutsul with a knuckle in his right hand, wearing a fur cap, long shirt, keptara (sleeveless), wide pants, onucs and postolas (hooves).
estimate: PLN 2,000 - 2,400 PLN 1,800
The author of two pairs of Hutsul figurines - a Pole, Aleksander Dziobek (dates of life unknown) was active in Kolomyia in the 1920s-30s. Mentioned with a short note by Romana Baran in the Ukrainian "Encyclopedia of Kolomyia" by Mikola Vasilchuk and Mikola Saichuk (notebook 5, letter D), n.d. He created small figurines and genre groups showing the daily life of the Hutsuls, described as full of life and humor.