French Marionette Theatre
Sold|$5,900
French Marionette Theatre
Located in New Orleans, LA
EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH MARIONETTE THEATRE WITH "STAGE" AND 17 MARIONETTES.
20th Century French Used Marionettes
Iron, Wire
Sold|$5,900
French Marionette Theatre
Located in New Orleans, LA
EARLY 20TH CENTURY FRENCH MARIONETTE THEATRE WITH "STAGE" AND 17 MARIONETTES.
Iron, Wire
Sold|$2,400
Italian Marionette #2
Located in San Francisco, CA
Brilliant Sicilian marionette with original rod.
Mixed Media
Sold|$2,400
19th century Italian Marionette
Located in San Francisco, CA
Italian marionette from Sicily.
Mixed Media
Folk Art Articulated Horse Marionette
Located in Boston, MA
Wood carved articulated horse marionette with black painted stand with metal supports.
Wood, Paint, String
Sold|$1,000
Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin
Located in Palermo, Italia
Sicilian Pupo-marionette-pupi-paladin: Palermitan school pupil, in richly arabesque alpacca with copper inserts, packaged for dismantling, 95 cm high, painted with oil paints, built...
Alpaca
Sold|$2,500
A set of 8 French marionettes
Located in Summerland, CA
Delightfully hand-made from scraps, these folf art marionettes capture expressions which are uncannily human
Iron
19th Century Wooden Marionette Theatre Backdrop
Located in Hudson, NY
Early 19th century painted backdrop for a Marionette theater.... probably for a "traveling" one Italian provenance, painting is wonderfully preserved and retains brilliant coloring.
Alkyd
Albumen Print of Black Minstrel Marionette
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Very cool, spooky looking, albumen image of Negro puppet strumming a banjo. Frame appears to be original, although "opened" by someone in the last 25 years.
Wood
Sold|$820
(2) pair of marionette puppet heads
Located in st. helena, napa valley, CA
male and female puppet heads, string pulls the tongue out. in queue to become bedside lamps. please call immediately if you are interested as statue / sculpture.
Boxed Marionette Theatre Toy, Early 20th Century
Located in Retie, BE
Antique toys - antique tin toys - celluloid dolls - marionette dolls - puppetry
Metal, Other
Early 1930's Folk Art Marionettes (Pair)
Located in Treasure Island, CA
Pair of great marionettes of a bullfighter and a bespectacled older gentleman.
Wood, Fabric, String
Antique Pierrot Theater Doll Head, Marionette Head
Located in Retie, BE
Antique Theater doll head, Marionette Head of Pierrot. This Street Theater Head has a very realistic expression, it looks like a real head and has a great patina.
Other
Folk Art Pair of Hound Dogs Marionette, circa Mid-Late 1800s
Located in Seattle, WA
This is a one of a kind, hand-painted 19th century Folk Art pair of hound dogs marionette children's toy.
Leather, Wood
From the Life of the Marionettes 1980 Italian Due Fogli Film Poster
Located in New York, NY
Original 1980 Italian due fogli poster for the film From the Life of the Marionettes (Aus dem Leben der Marionetten) directed by Ingmar Bergman with Robert Atzorn / Christine Buchegg...
Paper
"The Devil Made Me Do It" Mephistopheles Black Forest Marionette, 19th Century
Located in Redding, CA
Fantastic piece for the right collector, not typical of our line of merchandise but, "The Devil Made Me Do It."
Sold|$2,290
Artist's Model Mannequin
Located in San Francisco, CA
wooden female drawing model inset brass neck and waist articulated pelvis and chest brings an anatomical awareness to this marionette suspending in boxed metal cage
"Hillside" Sculpture by Le Roy Benjamin
By Leroy Benjamin
Located in Pasadena, CA
Le Roy Benjamin (1917–1997) was the sculptor and manipulator of the marionettes as well as the voice impersonator for a vaudeville and television act called the Le Roy Brothers Mario...
Plaster
Sold|$975
Joan of Arc Night Light
Located in Seattle, WA
A marionette has been reconsidered here, lashed to a stake and mounted over a lighted pile of sticks with a low-watt glow bulb and faux flames which flicker when plugged in.
Wood, Fabric
Large Vintage Polychrome Painted Fairground Human Skull from a Ghost Train Ride
Located in Bedford, Bedfordshire
The first fairgrounds featured cinematographs, ghost shows and marionettes booths which were replaced by novelty booths, ghost trains, dancing girls and boxing academies.
Fiberglass
Sold|$18,500
Dream Man
By Earle K. Bergey
Located in Minneapolis, MN
Bergey frequently explored the theme of men as women's play things, depicting them as marionettes, cut out silhouettes, and, as seen here, paper dolls hanging from a string.
Canvas, Oil
Sold|$1,750
Raffaele Frumenti Oil on Canvas, 1922-2002
By Raffaele Frumenti
Located in West Palm Beach, FL
(Rome 1922-2002) Born in the ancient Roman papal suburb of Borgo Pio, painter by vocation, Frumenti exhibited artistic and expressive ability since his boyhood, when for pure fun he ...
Canvas
Teaching Baby, 19th Century Dutch Oil on Board Genre Paintings by Jan Walraven
By Jan Walraven
Located in Atlanta, GA
The painting on the right, is situated indoors and shows his grandmother gently looking over him while he is determined to grab the small marionette that his mother is moving around....
Wood, Paint
Comedian Jesus "Palillo" Martinez Marionette
Located in Mexico City, DF
The stage was his venue and because of his outspoken views, it was often closed down by the authorities and "Palillo" whisked off to prison time and time again. This marionette in ...
Clay
"Teddy Roosevelt" Japanese Marionette Head, circa 1906
Located in Los Angeles, CA
Originally part of a satirical but oddly expressive marionette puppet representing U.S. President Teddy Roosevelt.
Brass
19th Century Vintage Antique Italian Elephant Marionette Puppet
Located in Atlanta, GA
This elephant marionette really makes a great decorative art accessory piece!
Rope, Wood
Vintage Hand Puppet Dolls, Marionette Dolls, Germany, 1950s
Located in Retie, BE
Cute looking 1950s hand puppet dolls. These handmade Marionette dolls have very detailed stitched features.
Fabric, Felt
Devil Marionette by the Master Puppet Maker of Prague, Milos Kasal, 1940s
By Milos Kasal
Located in Antwerp, BE
"Devil "marionette by the Czechoslovakian master puppet maker Milos Kasal.
Lot of 7 Hand Painted Hand Carved 18th Century French Marionette Wooden Heads
Located in Plymouth, MA
Fabulous and somehow creepy set of 7 very diverse hand carved 18th century French Marionette heads. Each with it's own very unique personality. 5 have forged iron rods coming from th...
Iron