Bread and Puppet St. Francis Preaches to the Birds: Museum Object and Cultural History
Bread and Puppet St. Francis Preaches to the Birds: date made: 1978. Associated Name: Bread and Puppet Theater. Object Name: booklet.
The object in the museum catalogue
Bread and Puppet St. Francis Preaches to the Birds, a 1978 children's book created by the radical puppet theater and artistic organization Bread and Puppet Theater, based in Vermont. The book was written by the group's co-founder Peter Schumann and its primitive woodcut style of illustration is emblematic of the Bread and Puppet theater's simple, direct, DIY aesthetic. This copy of the book was printed by Janus Press of Newark, Vermont in 1978.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1978
- Associated Name: Bread and Puppet Theater
- Object Name: booklet
- Physical Description: paper (overall material)
- Physical Description: ink (overall material)
- Measurements: overall: 6 7/16 in x 5 9/16 in; 16.35125 cm x 14.12875 cm
- place made: United States: Vermont, Newark Street
- Associated Place: United States: Virginia
- associated subject: Puppetry
- associated subject: Children's Literature
- ID Number: 2018.3010.014
- nonaccession number: 2018.3010
- catalog number: 2018.3010.014
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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