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Film rehearsal at the Windmill Theatre

Drawing
1964 (drawn)
Artist/Maker
Place of origin

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,a 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

Categories
Object type
TitleFilm rehearsal at the Windmill Theatre (generic title)
Materials and techniques
Felt tip pen on paper
Brief description
Windmill Theatre drawing by Zsuzsi Roboz, film rehearsal, 1964
Credit line
Given by the artist
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,a 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.531-1978

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Record createdMay 12, 2011
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