Stage Set

© Estate of the artist. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproductio…
© Estate of the artist
Stage Set
© Estate of the artist. Photograph and digital image © Delaware Art Museum. Not for reproduction or publication.

Stage Set

Datec. 1926
Artist (American painter, stage and industrial designer, and author, 1904–1966)
Illustration CitationPrincess Turandot, Provincetown Playhouse
MediumInk and gouache on board
Dimensionscomposition: 11 1/8 × 17 1/16 in. (28.3 × 43.3 cm)
sheet: 14 7/8 × 20 in. (37.8 × 50.8 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2024
Object number2024-7
On View
On view
ClassificationsDRAWING
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."