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Tony Sarg (1880–1942), an American artist born in Guatemala to a
diplomatic family, first achieved professional success as an
illustrator in London and New York. But in the 1920s, he gained
even greater renown for his touring puppet shows based on classic
tales like Alice in Wonderland and Robinson Crusoe. Fusing the
time-honoured craft of traditional marionette shows with a playful
modern sensibility, Sarg’s productions were foundational to
American puppetry: Jim Henson can be considered a direct artistic
descendant. Yet this was only one facet of Sarg’s varied
accomplishments: he was also a pioneer in animated films and
children’s books, and, as a longtime designer for Macy’s, he
invented the gigantic balloons used in the firm’s Thanksgiving
Day Parade. (He also employed one of his parade balloons in the
famous Nantucket Sea Serpent hoax of 1937.) This abundantly
illustrated volume, published to coincide with a major exhibition
organised by the Norman Rockwell Museum, is the first to survey
Tony Sarg’s protean career. It brings together imagery and
artifacts from numerous public and private collections, and
includes special sections on Sarg’s long association with the
island of Nantucket and his influence on American puppetry. Tony
Sarg: Genius at Play will be essential reading for anyone with an
interest in the history of popular culture.
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