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: 10 × 10 in. (25.4 × 25.4 cm)
sheet: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
sheet: 20 × 15 in. (50.8 × 38.1 cm)
Credit LineAcquisition Fund, 2024
Object number2024-8
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."
