Boris Aronson et l’art du théâtre

Réf. 42507

Vendu

Paris - Éditions des chroniques du Jour - 1928

Format : In-4.
Number of volumes : 1 volume.
Binding : Paperback.
Collation : Non paginé.
Language : Français

Filled printed cover. 16 pages of text and 32 non-text plates Richly illustrated by Waldemar George, with several stencil plates : Sets, models, costumes, photographs of scenes for Bronx Express (Dymov), Dix Commandements (Goldfaden), The Final Balance (Pinski), Tragédie de Rien (Nadir), etc.

Collection "Maitres de l'art étranger ", n°1.

LIMITED ORIGINAL EDITION: 315 numbered copies. This one of the 300 copies on vellum paper, the only large paper after 15 copies on Holland paper, enriched with a SIGNED SELF SEND from the author.

Boris Aronson (1898-1980), born in Kiev, was Alexandra Exter's assistant, who introduced her to Meyerhold. Linked to the constructivists, he published a monograph on Marc Chagall in Berlin before emigrating to the United States in 1923. In New York, he designed sets and costumes for the Unser Theatre, the Schildkraut Theatre, and mainly for Maurice Schwartz's Yiddish Art Theatre. From 1930, Boris Aronson worked for Broadway theatres: he staged about a hundred dramatic shows, operas, ballets and musicals

His groundbreaking productions have led to many changes in American theatre and have given him the status of the most influential artist in the world of modern theatre. His style, which combines cubo-futurism and constructivism, renewed American scenography.

Rare copy.