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Backstage at the Windmill Theatre

Portfolio
1975 (made)
Artist/Maker

Zsuzsi Roboz (1929–2012) was a London-based Hungarian painter known for her portraiture and paintings of the arts. In 1964 Sheila Van Damm, owner of the Windmill Theatre, invited her to sketch backstage to capture the last days of the theatre before its closure that October.

In February 1965 her Windmill drawings were shown in a one-man exhibition the Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London, and in 1975 Curwen Studios published Backstage at the Windmill Theatre, this portfolio of lithographs by Roboz based on her drawings. In 1978 her sketches and lithographs featured in the Revuedeville exhibition mounted by the Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A about the Windmill Theatre.


Object details

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Object type
TitleBackstage at the Windmill Theatre (generic title)
Brief description
Lithograph from the portfolio Backstage at the Windmill Theatre, by Zsuzsi Roboz, 1975, showing a performer with a giant feather fan and members of the audience
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Summary
Zsuzsi Roboz (1929–2012) was a London-based Hungarian painter known for her portraiture and paintings of the arts. In 1964 Sheila Van Damm, owner of the Windmill Theatre, invited her to sketch backstage to capture the last days of the theatre before its closure that October.

In February 1965 her Windmill drawings were shown in a one-man exhibition the Upper Grosvenor Gallery, London, and in 1975 Curwen Studios published Backstage at the Windmill Theatre, this portfolio of lithographs by Roboz based on her drawings. In 1978 her sketches and lithographs featured in the Revuedeville exhibition mounted by the Theatre & Performance Department at the V&A about the Windmill Theatre.
Collection
Accession number
S.543B-1978

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Record createdMay 12, 2011
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