Stage Set, Torture Chamber
Datec. 1926
Artist
Robert Van Rosen
(American painter, stage and industrial designer, and author, 1904–1966)
Illustration CitationPrincess Turandot, Provincetown Playhouse
MediumInk and gouache on board
Dimensionscomposition: 8 × 12 in. (20.3 × 30.5 cm)
sheet: 10 × 14 7/8 in. (25.4 × 37.8 cm)
sheet: 10 × 14 7/8 in. (25.4 × 37.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2024
Object number2024-6
On View
Not on viewClassificationsDRAWING
Label TextVan Rosen was a noted designer of modern sets and costumes in the mid-1920s. Reviewers noted his "futuristic settings and queer costumes" he designed for the staging of Princess Turandot in 1926. Theatre Arts Monthly praised his efforts: "He meets the problems of the Provincetown's small stage by relying on its cyclorama for a background, and placing adjustable and interchangeable units before it."
George Wesley Bellows
1912
