This is a painting of a skeleton marionette with strings extending above it. The skeletal figure is detailed in a muted gray palette, with each segment clearly articulated to suggest movement. The left side of the painting features a smaller diagram of a marionette control bar, with numbered strings that correspond to the numbers above the skeleton's strings, indicating which strings manipulate which body parts. The background is plain, off-white paper. The lower right corner contains the signature "George. J. File."
Artwork Details
- Date
- c. 1936
- Medium
- watercolor, graphite, pen and ink, and gouache on paperboard
- Dimensions
- 3301 × 4984 px
- Public Domain
- Yes
- Museum Record
- View original