Minstrel Marionette

c. 1936

Elmer Weise

Associated Names
Elmer Weise

Artist, American, active c. 1935

This is a painting of a puppet character with an exaggerated hairstyle and a mallet. The puppet is dressed in a formal black suit with oversized buttons and a white flower pinned to the lapel. Its hair is depicted in a wild, spiky fashion, and it possesses a wide-eyed, expressive face. The puppet is attached to strings and holds a large wooden mallet in one hand. The background is plain.

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Artwork overview

  • Medium

    watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paperboard

  • Credit Line

    Index of American Design

  • Dimensions

    overall: 42 x 25.3 cm (16 9/16 x 9 15/16 in.)
    Original IAD Object: 21" high

  • Accession Number

    1943.8.15654

Artwork history & notes

Bibliography

1970

  • Hornung, Clarence P., Treasury of American Design, New York: 1970, p. 636, no. 2296.

Inscriptions

lower left in black ink: ELMER WEISE

Wikidata ID

Q64559251

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