Josephine Baker, 1937

  • Frank Paris, American, 1914 - 1984

Plastic wood, paint, crushed velvet, cloth, sequins, jewels and silk

  • Overall: 35 × 15 3/4 × 4 3/4 inches (88.9 × 40 × 12.1 cm)

Gift of the artist

55.470

the artist, Frank Paris [1914-1984]

1956-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)

Bell, John. Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, c. 2000, (color ill.) p. 88.

Frank Paris, Josephine Baker, 1937, Plastic Wood, paint, crushed velvet, cloth, sequins, jewels and silk. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 55.470.