About the Artwork
Capitano
18th century (?)
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Italian
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Wood, plaster, cloth, glass, and paint
19 1/2 x 13 1/2 x 5 in.
Puppets
Performing Arts
Gift of Helen Reisdorf in memory of her brother Jack L. Reisdorf
52.153
Public Domain
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Bell, John. Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, c. 2000, p. 12, color ill. p. 12
Batchelder Marjorie H., Rod Puppets and the Human Theater. Columbus, Ohio State University Press, 1947, pp. 127-8, 236-38.
McPharlin, Paul, (ed). The "Goldini Puppets", Puppetry 15, (1944-1945) 56.
Brown, Forman, Punch's Progress, New York, The Mac Millan Co., 1936, pp. 74-75.
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Italian, Capitano, 18th century (?), wood, plaster, cloth, glass, and paint. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Helen Reisdorf in memory of her brother Jack L. Reisdorf, 52.153.
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