Puppet: Pirate

c. 1936

Beverly Chichester

Associated Names
Beverly Chichester

Artist, American, active c. 1935

The image shows a wooden puppet positioned upright with its arms extended to the sides. It has exaggerated facial features, including a prominent nose, distinct eyebrows, a black beard and mustache. The puppet wears a red headscarf with white dots, a red shirt, and a colorful lower garment with green and black designs. A green scarf is tied around its neck. The hands of the puppet are wooden. The background is plain beige and the image is bordered by a thick paper-like frame.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 44.9 x 33.3 cm (17 11/16 x 13 1/8 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 15" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.16827

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 642, no. 2346.

Wikidata ID

Q64537644

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