Design by Eugene Berman 1945/Collection of Allison Delarue
Print
ca.1945 (printed)
ca.1945 (printed)
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Print of a costume design for a male dancer by the artist Eugene Berman (1899-1972) from the collection of Allison Delarue, 1945.
The original design is part of the Allison Delarue (b.1928) Collection, which is held by Princeton University.
Eugene Berman (1899-1972) was a Russian painter and stage designer. From the late 1930s Berman worked increasingly in the USA, creating designs for ballet and other musical productions, for example for the Music Festival in Hartford, CT, in 1936. During the 1930s Berman followed a more magical, Surrealist style, often reminiscent of the work of Salvador Dalí, a development reflected in his whimsical costume and stage designs for the ballet Devil’s Holiday produced by the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1939 . He also expressed his rich fantasy in the fashion designs that he created for the magazine Vogue in the same period. After the 1930s he continued to produce oil paintings exploring the same themes.
The original design is part of the Allison Delarue (b.1928) Collection, which is held by Princeton University.
Eugene Berman (1899-1972) was a Russian painter and stage designer. From the late 1930s Berman worked increasingly in the USA, creating designs for ballet and other musical productions, for example for the Music Festival in Hartford, CT, in 1936. During the 1930s Berman followed a more magical, Surrealist style, often reminiscent of the work of Salvador Dalí, a development reflected in his whimsical costume and stage designs for the ballet Devil’s Holiday produced by the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1939 . He also expressed his rich fantasy in the fashion designs that he created for the magazine Vogue in the same period. After the 1930s he continued to produce oil paintings exploring the same themes.
Object details
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| Title | Design by Eugene Berman 1945/Collection of Allison Delarue (assigned by artist) |
| Materials and techniques | Engraving, printed ink on paper. |
| Brief description | Print of a costume design for a male dancer by the artist Eugene Berman (1899-1972) from the collection of Allison Delarue, 1945 |
| Physical description | Print of a costume design for a male dancer by the artist Eugene Berman (1899-1972) from the collection of Allison Delarue, 1945. |
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| Credit line | Given by the British Theatre Museum Association |
| Object history | Given to the British Theatre Museum Association by Ivor Guest in January 1962. |
| Summary | Print of a costume design for a male dancer by the artist Eugene Berman (1899-1972) from the collection of Allison Delarue, 1945. The original design is part of the Allison Delarue (b.1928) Collection, which is held by Princeton University. Eugene Berman (1899-1972) was a Russian painter and stage designer. From the late 1930s Berman worked increasingly in the USA, creating designs for ballet and other musical productions, for example for the Music Festival in Hartford, CT, in 1936. During the 1930s Berman followed a more magical, Surrealist style, often reminiscent of the work of Salvador Dalí, a development reflected in his whimsical costume and stage designs for the ballet Devil’s Holiday produced by the Ballets Russes de Monte Carlo at the Metropolitan Opera House, New York, in 1939 . He also expressed his rich fantasy in the fashion designs that he created for the magazine Vogue in the same period. After the 1930s he continued to produce oil paintings exploring the same themes. |
| Other number | 1962/W/9 - BTMA accession number |
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| Accession number | S.3725-2013 |
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| Record created | October 4, 2013 |
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