About the Artwork
Bunraku Puppet
20th century
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Japanese
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Wood with gold brocaded costume
Overall: 50 × 28 × 8 inches (127 × 71.1 × 20.3 cm)
Puppets
Performing Arts
Gift of Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin
52.400
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Provenance
the artist, Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin [1903-1997];1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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The exhibition history of a number of objects in our collection only begins after their acquisition by the museum, and may reflect an incomplete record.
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The Arts of Japan. Exh. cat., Willistead Art Gallery. Windsor, October 4-27, 1963, no. 99.
DIA Handbook. Detroit, 1971, p. 58.
"Family Art Game," Detroit Free Press (April 27, 1980): p. 23 (ill.) [DIA Advertising Supplement].
Bell, John. Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. DIA. Detroit, ca. 2000, (color ill.) p. 42.
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Credit Line for Reproduction
Japanese, Bunraku Puppet, 20th century, wood with gold brocaded costume. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin, 52.400.
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