Stage Set
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: 11 1/8 × 17 1/16 in. (28.3 × 43.3 cm)
sheet: 14 7/8 × 20 in. (37.8 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 7/8 in. (46.7 × 56.8 × 2.2 cm)
sheet: 14 7/8 × 20 in. (37.8 × 50.8 cm)
frame: 18 3/8 × 22 3/8 × 7/8 in. (46.7 × 56.8 × 2.2 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2024
Object number2024-7
On View
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."
