Dramatic Museum Realia

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Dramatic Museum Realia: Puppets: United States: Gallery 1

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Don Quixote marionette

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Title

Don Quixote marionette

Description

For a performance of the Manuel de Falla opera El Retablo de Maese Pedro.
Conservation assessment: FRAGILE; please limit handling. Requires two people to move, open and close the box. If the box is to be tilted while moving, keep the head end up. The puppet is secured to the base. The materials are fragile and in places friable. Do not remove the puppet from the box without assistance of a conservator.

Creator

Remo Bufano

Source

Dramatic Museum Realia
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University

Date

1924

Identifier

DM number: P47.03
Box: 59

Coverage

United States

Additional Item Metadata

Provenance

Cooper Union Museum (Remo Bufano Studios, Inc.), 1953

Citation

Gorelik, Mordecai. "Young America

Still Image Item Type Metadata

Original Format

Marionettes (stringed puppets)
cloth, wood, papier mache, metal

Physical Dimensions

60"

Citation

Remo Bufano, “Don Quixote marionette,” Columbia University Libraries Online Exhibitions, accessed April 19, 2024, https://exhibitions.library.columbia.edu/exhibits/show/realia/item/1677.

Rare Book & Manuscript Library / Butler Library, 6th Fl. East / 535 West 114th St. / New York, NY 10027 / (212) 854-5153 / rbml@libraries.cul.columia.edu