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Americans in Paris
- Title
- Americans in Paris [graphic].
- Author
- Remisoff, Nicolas.
- Publication
- [1936]
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Details
- Additional Authors
- Page, Ruth, 1899-1991.
- Description
- 5 drawings (3 sheets) : gouache, graphite, color and b&w; 28 x 36 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Multiple costume designs for Ruth Page's ballet, Americans in Paris, first performed at the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, Aug. 8, 1936, by Ruth Page, Paul Draper and company. Includes designs for: Mother, Father, Boy, Girl, Man in tall hat, Ghosts of Harlem, Acrobats, Grisette, 2 street girls, 2 lesbians, Sailor, Chef, Concierge, Artist and Taxi driver. Additional designs, some of which may be for the same characters, appear on the verso of one sheet. On the verso of the second sheet are b&w graphite sketches of a proscenium with a lowered curtain, with ramps leading up to the stage.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Set design drawings.
- Note
- One sheet has been cut into two pieces; another sheet has been cut into four pieces.
- Source (note)
- Ruth Page.
- Call Number
- *MGZGD Rem N Ame 1-3
- OCLC
- 184950045
- Author
- Remisoff, Nicolas.
- Title
- Americans in Paris [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1936]
- Local Note
- Former note on NYPY777018257-F, former call number: *MGZGB Rem N Ame 1: Eight costume designs for Ruth Page's ballet, Americans in Paris, first performed at the Cincinnati Zoological Gardens, Aug. 8, 1936, by Ruth Page, Paul Draper and company. Includes designs for: Mother, Father, Boy, Girl, Man in tall hat, Ghosts of Harlem, and Acrobats. Eight additional designs, some of which may be for the same characters, appear on the verso.Former note on NYPY777018269-F, former call number: *MGZGB Rem N Ame 2: Ten costume designs for Ruth Page's ballet, Americans in Paris, first performed in 1936, including: Grisette, 2 street girls, 2 lesbians, Sailor, Chef, Concierge, Artist and Taxi driver.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Ruth Page.
- Added Author
- Page, Ruth, 1899-1991. CollectorPage, Ruth, 1899-1991. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGD Rem N Ame 1-3