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Design for a Constructivist Stage Setting

Design
1924 (made)
Artist/Maker

Design for a Constructivist stage setting. Grey geometric structures with red walkways and stairs through them.


Object details

Categories
Object type
TitleDesign for a Constructivist Stage Setting (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Gouache on paper
Brief description
Design for a Constructivist Stage Setting by Alexandra Exter, 1924
Physical description
Design for a Constructivist stage setting. Grey geometric structures with red walkways and stairs through them.
Dimensions
  • Image height: 516mm
  • Image width: 535mm
  • Sheet height: 573mm
  • Sheet width: 739mm
Dimensions taken from catalogue: Height 505 mm x Width 530 mm.
Marks and inscriptions
Alexandra Exter 24 (Signed)
Credit line
Purchased with funds from the Gabrielle Enthoven Bequest.
Object history
An almost identical version of this design is reproduced in colour as plate 218 in J. Gregor and R Fülöp-Miller, 'Das Russische Theater' (Zurich, 1927) and associated there with one of Tairov's productions for the Kamernyi Theatre in Moscow. The design may, however, have been for the film 'Aelita' based on Aleksey Tolstoy's novel, for which Exter created the decor and costumes in 1924.
Subject depicted
Bibliographic references
  • Gabriella Belli, ed. La Danza delle Avanguardie. Dipinti, scene e costumi, da Degas a Picasso, da Matisse a Keith Haring. Museo di Arte Moderna e Contemporanea di Trento e Rovereto, 2005. ISBN: 887624557X
  • Alla Rosenfeld et al. A World of Stage: Russian designs for theater, opera and danceJapan: Art Impressions Inc., 2007. 248p.
Collection
Accession number
E.791-1963

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Record createdJanuary 11, 2007
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