About the Artwork
Policeman
late 19th century
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American
American
Wood doll; cloth and leather clothing
Overall: 20 1/2 inches (52.1 cm)
Puppets
Performing Arts
Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W.H.J. McPharlin and Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin
52.325
This work is in the public domain.
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Provenance
Mr. and Mrs. W.H.J. McPharlin and Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin
1952-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Puppetry. 1939, no. 10, p. 114.
McPharlin, Paul. The Puppet Theater in America. New York: Harper and Brothers, 1949, p. 151.
Bell, John. Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. DIA. Detroit, ca. 2000, p. 22, (color ill.) p. 22.
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American, Policeman, late 19th century, wood doll; cloth and leather clothing. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of Mr. and Mrs. W.H.J. McPharlin and Marjorie Batchelder McPharlin, 52.325.
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