PETER SCHUMANN Woman with Star, 1970

Woman with Star is a mixed-media poster created at Bread and Puppet Press in Glover, Vermont. After the original design was offset printed, each impression was hand-finished with acrylic paint, making every piece unique. The image depicts a seated woman, her arms wrapped around her legs, a red bandana tied in her hair, gazing upward toward a radiant yellow star. This juxtaposition of simple figure and celestial symbol captures the spirit of Bread and Puppet’s visual language—bold, raw, and infused with hope and resilience. By combining offset printing with hand-applied acrylic, the work bridges the reproducible with the personal, reinforcing the collective yet individual ethos that defines Bread and Puppet’s art practice.