INTERNATIONAL PUPPETRY MUSEUM formerly The Conservatory of Puppetry Arts (COPA) 1062 N. Fair Oaks Avenue - Pasadena, CA 91103 telephone - fax: 626-296-1536
The
dumpster diver (a rather sleazy fellow) who sold IPM these
puppets new nothing except that they were in a damp suitcase
in a dumpster outside of a house that had burned. We deduced
that these were puppets from Faust. I think one of the figures
is Hans Sach, another is Dr. Faustus, and the lovely lady
can only be Helen of Troy.
Faust
marionettes by Perry Dilley (not documented) found in Berkeley
in the late 1990's. In desperate need of repair. Leather
joints have rotted out.
Helen
of Troy
Older
man
Man
with mustache
Small
person
Younger
man
Faust devil
puppet
Horse marionette,
Rosinante from Don Quixote, from WPA PuppeProject Attributed
toAmy Creasy (close up of head
Hohnsteiner
Dragon from Essen, Germany 1960s (one that didn't get sold at
Schuberts' "Happy Things" shop on Grant Avenue, San Francisco).
Edidth
Flack Ackley style small clown marionette
Wolo clown
handpuppet circa late 40's - 50's . Wolo did characatures on
Olvera Street. He drew the character. Mortimer Snerd for Edgar
Bergen based on puppets designed by Walton > > and O'Rourke.
It was sculpted by Virginia Austin (Curtis) (group shot)
Wolo General
Handpuppet (group shot)
Large papeir
machŽ male head with string hairwith string hair
Blond handpuppet
with open mouth, wearing striped green overalls- made by Bonnie
Hall & Jammie Keithline (now known asCrabgrass Puppets) when
they lived in California.known as Puppetworks of S.F. acquired
1989(group shot) (no photo)
Toy Guignol
with turned wooden head, wood hands, hand puppet
Toy wooden
carved Gendarme hand puppet.-German
Doug Anderson
and Vivian Michael turned ball head hand puppet
CONTRIBUTIONS NEEDED: To continue the important job of conserving this world class puppet collection, IPM needs more storage space! We are looking for a unit or units to install on Alan Cook’s back lot. If you have or know of a source for clean and secure units that are free or reasonable, please contact : IPM (626) 296-1535 mail@PuppetryMuseum.org. .................................................................
