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Unlike Herman Wald’s individual portraits, this finely polished marble head represents a type. The young girl with the hairdo of a Russian peasant appears as a tangible memory of Eastern Europe. Her smiling lips and strong features exude serenity and a quiet spirituality, enhanced by the excellent carving technique in which Herman Wald utilized the spots and lines of the marble to enliven her features.