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.
Rare Book & Manuscript Library, Columbia University
For Bufano's production of Orlando Furioso.
Conservation assessment: LIMIT HANDLING; fabric is stiff and fragile, and the painted surface is flaking. The holes in the fabric have been covered to prevent loss of the stuffing.
For a production of Jack the Giant Killer.
Conservation assessment: LIMIT HANDLING; the paint is lifting, the hair is loosely attached, and the surfaces are delicate. Each piece should be minimally moved and handled.
Flat card with articulated figure: male, pivoted at hips. Stage setting.
Conservation assessment: Stable; objects are in good condition, but should be left in individual folders if possible
Flat card with articulated figure: female, left leg pivoted. Stage setting.
Flat card with articulated figure: female, whole body except left leg pivoted. Circus ring setting.
Flat card with articulated figure: male, legs pivoted at hips. Circus ring setting.
Flat card with articulated figure: male, body pivoted at hips. Stage setting.
Flat card with articulated figure: male, body pivoted at center of loop.
Flat card with articulated figure: female trainer; elephant's head body pivoted at neck. Circus ring setting.
Flat card with articulated figure: clown pivoted at hips. Circus ring setting.
Flat card with articulated figure. Stage setting.
Flat card with articulated figure. Male trainer. Circus ring setting.
For production of Oedipus Rex presented by the League of Composers and the Philadelphia Orchestra in 1931.
Conservation assessment: Stable; handle only by base