Princess Dancing Bear Drawing
date: label: Date made
content: 1935 - 1955
name: label: maker
content: Paris, Frank
notes: label: Description (Brief)
content: Design drawing of the marionette puppet Princess Dancing Bear (1980.0352.01). This puppet was designed and used by Frank Paris in his “Stars on Strings” adult variety show that toured night clubs in the United States and abroad. He pioneered the technique of manipulating his puppets in full view of the audience with no stage, curtains, or props. In addition to night clubs, he later performed in theaters, on television, and in concert halls with major symphony orchestras.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
place: label: place made
content: United States: California, Los Angeles, North Hollywood
topic: label: general subject association
content: Puppetry
label: general subject association
content: Television
setName: label: See more items in
content: Culture and the Arts: Entertainment
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 1980.0352.01A
label: accession number
content: 1980.0352
label: catalog number
content: 1980.0352.01A
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Drawing
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 15 1/4 in x 10 1/2 in; 38.735 cm x 26.67 cm