Scene design with steel girders, scene 2, in Skyscrapers
Maker and role
Artist: Robert Edmond Jones, American, 1887-1954
Year
ca. 1926
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Object detail
Media/Materials
Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and collage on board
Measurements
19 11/16 x 27 5/16in (50 x 69.4cm)
Credit line
Gift of Robert L. B. Tobin
Accession number
TL1999.116.1
Object type
Department
Location
Theatre production
Ballet with music by John Alden Carpenter and choreography by Sammy Lee. Produced at the Metropolitan Opera, New York, 1926.
Documentation
Modern Paintings, Drawings, and Sculpture: Dance, Theatre, and Opera; 1982; lot. 233
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 162
An Eye for the Stage; William J. Chiego, Jody Blake (American, b.1953); 2004; p. 63
Paris/New York: Design/Fashion/Culture/1925-1940; 2008; p. 95-99
Modern Art at the McNay: A Brief History and Pictorial Survey of the Collection; William J. Chiego; 2001; p. 162
An Eye for the Stage; William J. Chiego, Jody Blake (American, b.1953); 2004; p. 63
Paris/New York: Design/Fashion/Culture/1925-1940; 2008; p. 95-99
Docent information sheet
V:\Object Documentation\Theatre Arts\TL1999.116.1 Jones\Sotheby's 1982.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Theatre Arts\TL1999.116.1 Jones\Paris New York 2008.pdf
V:\Object Documentation\Theatre Arts\TL1999.116.1 Jones\Paris New York 2008.pdf
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