About the Artwork
Self Portrait
1964
Jero Magon
1900 - 1995
American
Unknown
Molded and painted plastic wood head; cloth body, hands and glove
Overall: 18 1/2 × 14 1/4 × 4 1/4 inches (47 × 36.2 × 10.8 cm) Mount (stand): 1/2 inches (1.3 cm)
Puppets
Performing Arts
Gift of the artist
1983.48
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Provenance
the artist, Jero Magon [1900-1995]
1983-present, gift to the Detroit Institute of Arts (Detroit, Michigan, USA)
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Bell, John. Strings, Hands, Shadows: A Modern Puppet History. Detroit: Detroit Institute of Arts, c. 2000, (color ill.) p. 94.
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Jero Magon, Self Portrait, 1964, molded and painted plastic wood head; cloth body, hands and glove. Detroit Institute of Arts, Gift of the artist, 1983.48.
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