Two 1940s Papka Fairies by Marja Cybis
Recently an Archive reader sent me photos of two charming little papka figures made by Marja Cybis in the early …
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The Cybis ‘Bonnet Girls’
Despite many of us being engaged in digging out from the latest snowstorm, Spring actually has arrived in some places …
The Cybis Blair House Indians
For the past several months I’ve been ‘digging’ into an unusual story, trying to separate fact from fiction. This particular …
An Unusual (Sort Of) Cybis Bearded Man Bust circa 1940s
The coexistence of the Cordey and Cybis studio lines during the 1940s occasionally resulted in some interesting ‘crossover’ pieces, particularly …
1940s Cybis Porcelain, Part 2: Retail Items
The items that were offered as 1940s retail pieces by Boleslaw Cybis’ studio were almost all done in conventional porcelain …
