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Portrait of a Lady - Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s
Portrait of a Lady - Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s

Portrait of a Lady - Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

1890s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Pencil

Antique Circus Clown with poseable arms and caracterful smile
Antique Circus Clown with poseable arms and caracterful smile

Antique Circus Clown with poseable arms and caracterful smile

Located in brussel, BE

An intriguing example of a fully articulated circus puppet marionette, in the form of a clown. This figure is fully articulated with iron strings supports and stands on its own.

Category

20th Century Other Art Style Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood

Allegorical Procession - Painting by Mario Madiai - 1990s
Allegorical Procession - Painting by Mario Madiai - 1990s

Allegorical Procession - Painting by Mario Madiai - 1990s

By Mario Madiai

Located in Roma, IT

The deliberately stylized figures, recalling marionettes, saints, soldiers, and courtly protagonists, occupy a timeless realm where historical reference and personal mythology coexis...

Category

1990s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Oil

The Bridge - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

The Bridge - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Large Articulated Wooden Theatrical Mannequin - Folk Art Depicting Baby Girl
Large Articulated Wooden Theatrical Mannequin - Folk Art Depicting Baby Girl

Large Articulated Wooden Theatrical Mannequin - Folk Art Depicting Baby Girl

Located in Milano, IT

La scultura, alta circa un metro, presenta una costruzione modulare con arti mobili e articolazioni alle spalle e alle anche, caratteristica che rimanda alla tradizione delle figure ...

Category

Early 20th Century German Used Marionettes

Materials

Hardwood

Tony Sarg Folk Art Bridal Box, circa 1920
Tony Sarg Folk Art Bridal Box, circa 1920

Tony Sarg Folk Art Bridal Box, circa 1920

Located in Nantucket, MA

Sarg was also extremely important as the reviver of marionette theater in America. In 1935 he also designed the first animated window display for Macy's Department Store, and continu...

Category

1920s American Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Composition

Vintage Framed Silkscreen Print
Vintage Framed Silkscreen Print

Vintage Framed Silkscreen Print

Located in London, GB

It is beautifully executed and has an interesting theme, depicting a lady playing with Marionettes. It has wonderful colours and is nicely mounted in a brass frame.

Category

1970s British Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Brass

MCM Abstract Pair of Ventriloquists Titled "One Eyed Twin Dummies" by Pat Keck
MCM Abstract Pair of Ventriloquists Titled "One Eyed Twin Dummies" by Pat Keck

MCM Abstract Pair of Ventriloquists Titled "One Eyed Twin Dummies" by Pat Keck

Located in Swedesboro, NJ

From 2012-2015 she created marionettes and sets for the film "Night and Day" by Peter Anthony!

Category

Late 20th Century American Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Metal

Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s
Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s

Handmade Rajasthani Kathputli Dancing Puppet Couple Jaipur India 1950s

Located in Moreno Valley, CA

Large pair of vintage 1950s string marionettes, these magnificent Rajasthani Kathputli puppets came from the vibrant state of Rajasthan in northwestern India.

Category

Mid-20th Century Indian Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Textile, Silk, Wood

Surrealist Flying Fantasy Figure, Cleveland Woman Artist
Surrealist Flying Fantasy Figure, Cleveland Woman Artist

Surrealist Flying Fantasy Figure, Cleveland Woman Artist

By Mary Spain

Located in Beachwood, OH

Spain’s interest in antique dolls and toys lends insight into the construction of her figures. Many figures have marionette like qualities with blocky, out of proportion limbs, sugge...

Category

1970s Surrealist Used Marionettes

Materials

Oil

Antique Circus Clown with Poseable Arms and Caracterful Smile
Antique Circus Clown with Poseable Arms and Caracterful Smile

Antique Circus Clown with Poseable Arms and Caracterful Smile

Located in Leuven , BE

An intriguing example of a fully articulated circus puppet marionette, in the form of a clown. This figure is fully articulated with iron strings supports and stands on its own.

Category

20th Century French Used Marionettes

Materials

Wood

The Puppet Master by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin

The Puppet Master by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin

By JJK

Located in München, BY

The cranes make the statue looks like a marionette. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Puppet Master by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin

The Puppet Master by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin

By JJK

Located in München, BY

The cranes make the statue looks like a marionette. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Archival Pigment

The Puppet Master by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin

The Puppet Master by JJK, Photography, Limited Edition, Berlin

By JJK

Located in München, BY

The cranes make the statue looks like a marionette. JJK is a pseudonym for one of the world's most successful photo artists.

Category

Early 2000s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Archival Pigment

Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets
Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets

Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets

Located in Godshill, Isle of Wight

Pair of Indian Handmade Vintage Rajasthani Kathputli Puppets Lovely Vintage pair of Marionette Puppets, Bride and Groom made in wood and dressed in green with silver gold trimmings...

Category

1950s Anglo-Indian Used Marionettes

Materials

Silk

Original 1890’s Linen Backed Theatrical Stage Poster Holden's Mannikins
Original 1890’s Linen Backed Theatrical Stage Poster Holden's Mannikins

Original 1890’s Linen Backed Theatrical Stage Poster Holden's Mannikins

Located in Hamilton, Ontario

From the book; The Holdens: Monarchs of the Marionette Theatre by John McCormick The Holden family were the most celebrated English marionette performers of the nineteenth century.

Category

Late 19th Century English Victorian Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Linen

Rare Late 19th century English theatre scenery boards
Rare Late 19th century English theatre scenery boards

Rare Late 19th century English theatre scenery boards

Located in London, GB

Blundall also managed to give a home to the largest surviving group of marionettes from the famous 19th century Tiller-Clowes family troupe who operated from 1873 until WWI.

Category

1880s British Folk Art Used Marionettes

Materials

Pine

Janet and Bill, Surrealist Painting of Woman and Cat w/ Party Hats
Janet and Bill, Surrealist Painting of Woman and Cat w/ Party Hats

Janet and Bill, Surrealist Painting of Woman and Cat w/ Party Hats

By Mary Spain

Located in Beachwood, OH

Spain’s interest in antique dolls and toys lends insight into the construction of her figures. Many figures have marionette like qualities with blocky, out of proportion limbs, sugge...

Category

1970s Surrealist Used Marionettes

Materials

Oil

Portrait (Untitled)

Portrait (Untitled)

Located in Los Angeles, CA

During the late 1920s and early 1930s, she was owner of the McCarthy-Wynnyk Puppet Company, the only open-air professional marionette company in the United States. Wynnyk designed an...

Category

1930s American Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Copper

Oil Painting on Canvass by Josep Moncada Titled : Where Are You Taking Me?
Oil Painting on Canvass by Josep Moncada Titled : Where Are You Taking Me?

Oil Painting on Canvass by Josep Moncada Titled : Where Are You Taking Me?

Located in London, GB

This oil on canvass is on a less common theme of his, depicting a marionette over a human leg, in what appears to be a bedroom scene.

Category

Early 2000s Spanish Mid-Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas

Cheers! - Woodcut by Hermann Paul - 1910s

Cheers! - Woodcut by Hermann Paul - 1910s

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

Early 1900s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Woodcut

The Sicilian Pupi -  Etching by Giuseppe Megna - 1980
The Sicilian Pupi -  Etching by Giuseppe Megna - 1980

The Sicilian Pupi - Etching by Giuseppe Megna - 1980

By Giuseppe Megna

Located in Roma, IT

The artwork represents the Sicilian marionette "Pupi" through black colors, skillfully created, in a well-balanced composition, with mastery in the chiaroscuro of details in the scene.

Category

1980s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Etching

Man with Feather in His Cap 20thc Figural Abstract Cleveland School Woman Artist
Man with Feather in His Cap 20thc Figural Abstract Cleveland School Woman Artist

Man with Feather in His Cap 20thc Figural Abstract Cleveland School Woman Artist

By Mary Spain

Located in Beachwood, OH

Spain’s interest in antique dolls and toys lends insight into the construction of her figures. Many figures have marionette like qualities with blocky, out of proportion limbs, sugge...

Category

Late 20th Century Used Marionettes

Materials

Oil

Moon River II Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

Moon River II Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

By Ivaylo Angelov

Located in Granada Hills, CA

He began his professional career in the mid 90s at the National Puppet Theatre, Blagoevgrad as a set designer and marionette maker. He came to America in 1998 to continue his educati...

Category

2010s Impressionist Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Moon River Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

Moon River Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

By Ivaylo Angelov

Located in Granada Hills, CA

He began his professional career in the mid 90s at the National Puppet Theatre, Blagoevgrad as a set designer and marionette maker. He came to America in 1998 to continue his educati...

Category

2010s Impressionist Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cycladic Wind Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

Cycladic Wind Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

By Ivaylo Angelov

Located in Granada Hills, CA

He began his professional career in the mid 90s at the National Puppet Theatre, Blagoevgrad as a set designer and marionette maker. He came to America in 1998 to continue his educati...

Category

2010s Impressionist Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Cycladic Wind II Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

Cycladic Wind II Abstract Original Painting Large Modern Art Ready to Hang

By Ivaylo Angelov

Located in Granada Hills, CA

He began his professional career in the mid 90s at the National Puppet Theatre, Blagoevgrad as a set designer and marionette maker. He came to America in 1998 to continue his educati...

Category

2010s Impressionist Used Marionettes

Materials

Canvas, Oil

Black Girl in Origami Dress with Rooster II, Signed Archival Print
Black Girl in Origami Dress with Rooster II, Signed Archival Print

Black Girl in Origami Dress with Rooster II, Signed Archival Print

By Efren Isaza

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Paper costumes that seem borrowed from Oskar Schlemmer’s triadic ballet make the ballerinas look like marionettes. Their dislocation recalls the puppets Hans Bellmer featured in his ...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Used Marionettes

Materials

Acrylic, Archival Pigment, Mixed Media

Sphinx and Moon (Self Portrait) 1980s Pastel, Cleveland School Artist
Sphinx and Moon (Self Portrait) 1980s Pastel, Cleveland School Artist

Sphinx and Moon (Self Portrait) 1980s Pastel, Cleveland School Artist

By Mary Spain

Located in Beachwood, OH

Spain’s interest in antique dolls and toys lends insight into the construction of her figures. Many figures have marionette like qualities with blocky, out of proportion limbs, sugge...

Category

1980s Surrealist Used Marionettes

Materials

Pastel

Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volume Set First Edition
Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volume Set First Edition

Mobili Veneziani Laccati, Venetian Lacquer Furniture, 2 Volume Set First Edition

Located in valatie, NY

The scope of objects includes: doors, secretaries, cabinets, chairs, settees, tables, consoles, plant stands, wall brackets, mirrors, screens, pianos, one bathtub, marionettes, magic...

Category

Mid-20th Century Italian Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper

"Petrushka", Hand Ground Pigments on Canvas

"Petrushka", Hand Ground Pigments on Canvas

By Sax Berlin

Located in Brecon, Powys

A stock character of Russian marionette theatre since the 18th Century, set in St.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Silver Leaf

Lady Gaga
Lady Gaga

Pablo CanoLady Gaga, 2012

$5,600Sale Price|34% Off

Lady Gaga

By Pablo Cano

Located in West Palm Beach, FL

This Lady Gaga marionette sculpture is made of found objects in Pablo Cano's signature style.

Category

2010s Contemporary Used Marionettes

Materials

Found Objects

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Vertical-Horizontal Composition…., XXe Siecle, 1956 (after)
Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Vertical-Horizontal Composition…., XXe Siecle, 1956 (after)

Sophie Taeuber-Arp, Vertical-Horizontal Composition…., XXe Siecle, 1956 (after)

By Sophie Taeuber-Arp

Located in Southampton, NY

About the Artist: Sophie Taeuber-Arp (1889–1943) was a visionary Swiss artist, designer, and pioneering modernist whose groundbreaking fusion of geometric abstraction, textile master...

Category

1950s Abstract Geometric Used Marionettes

Materials

Lithograph

Nan Jing  Orphee Part I
Nan Jing  Orphee Part I

Nan Jing Orphee Part I

By Jens-Christian Wittig

Located in Rye, NY

The human-being, the individual, disappears – a marionette captured in a rapturous life. Decorative, magical facades – imprisoned in a framework of polished splendor.

Category

2010s Abstract Used Marionettes

Materials

Digital, Lambda

Indira with Red Hair, Archival Pigment Print, 58.5x46 in, Mounted
Indira with Red Hair, Archival Pigment Print, 58.5x46 in, Mounted

Indira with Red Hair, Archival Pigment Print, 58.5x46 in, Mounted

By Efren Isaza

Located in Miami Beach, FL

Paper costumes that seem borrowed from Oskar Schlemmer’s triadic ballet make the ballerinas look like marionettes. Their dislocation recalls the puppets Hans Bellmer featured in his ...

Category

2010s Other Art Style Used Marionettes

Materials

Metal

L'Absolution - Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1905

L'Absolution - Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1905

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

Early 1900s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Lithograph

Versail - Ink Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s

Versail - Ink Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

1890s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Ink

Le Jeu - Woodcut Print by Hermann Paul -1890s

Le Jeu - Woodcut Print by Hermann Paul -1890s

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

1890s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Woodcut

Two Men - Watercolor Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s

Two Men - Watercolor Drawing by Hermann Paul -1890s

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

1890s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Watercolor

Colonialism- Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1903

Colonialism- Lithograph by Hermann Paul - 1903

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

1890s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Beyond Reproach - Lithograph by Hermann Paul -1890s
Beyond Reproach - Lithograph by Hermann Paul -1890s

Beyond Reproach - Lithograph by Hermann Paul -1890s

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

1890s Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Lithograph

Lift - Woodcut by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

Lift - Woodcut by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Woodcut

The Visit - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

The Visit - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Permanent Marker

Carnaval - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

Carnaval - Drawing by Hermann Paul - Early 20th Century

By Hermann Paul

Located in Roma, IT

His illustrations relied on blotches of pure black with minimum outline to define his animated marionettes. His exhibition pieces were carried by large splashes of color and those sa...

Category

Early 20th Century Modern Used Marionettes

Materials

Paper, Ink

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Used Marionettes For Sale on 1stDibs

An assortment of used marionettes is available at 1stDibs. Frequently made of wood, fabric and metal, all used marionettes available were constructed with great care. There are all kinds of used marionettes available, from those produced as long ago as the 18th Century to those made as recently as the 21st Century. Used marionettes made by Folk Art designers — as well as those associated with Victorian — are very popular at 1stDibs. Many used marionettes are appealing in their simplicity, but Jane Knight and Milos Kasal produced popular used marionettes that are worth a look.

How Much are Used Marionettes?

The average selling price for at 1stDibs is $1,200, while they’re typically $80 on the low end and $18,000 highest priced.