The Hand-Carved Marionettes of Gustave Baumann: Share Their World

by Ellen Zieselman

Overview

Famous color woodcut printmaker Gustave Baumann was a superb wood-carver who was captivated by puppet theater. In the 1930s Baumann carved a collection of marionettes for plays he wrote about New Mexico's cultural heritage. Featuring twenty-five marionettes photographed from the permanent collection of the New Mexico Museum of Art, this entertaining book tells the story of Baumann's theater, describing in detail the plays, sets, and costuming, and highlights the extraordinary wood-carving artistry of this master.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780890134863
Publisher:	Museum of New Mexico Press
Publication date:	08/16/2006
Pages:	64
Product dimensions:	9.00(w) x 12.00(h) x 0.40(d)

About the Author

Ellen Zieselman is the curator of education at the New Mexico Museum of Art in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

Table of Contents

	Foreword	8
	Preface	11
	A Small, Untroubled World	12
	The Santa Fe Puppet Wranglers	46
	Acknowledgments	59
	Afterword	60