Research Catalog

Title

Romeo & Juliet [graphic] / E.B.

Author

Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972.

Publication

[1943?]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

Beard, Richard.

Found In

Richard Park Beard collection.

Description

1 drawing: ink, wash, watercolor, chiefly b&w; 25 x 32 cm.

Summary

Costume design drawing portraying three full-length female figures, the central one labeled "Juliet." At far left is a smaller-scale drawing that appears to be a back view of the costume at left.

Alternative Title

• Romeo and Juliet
• Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Subjects

• Romeo and Juliet (Choreographic work : Tudor)
• Costume design drawings
• Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)

Genre/Form

Costume design drawings.

Note

• Initialed and dated. The last numeral in the date is unclear.

Source (note)

• Robert James Wood II

Biography (note)

• Romeo and Juliet (choreography, Antony Tudor; music, Frederick Delius; scenery and costumes, Eugene Berman) was first performed by Ballet Theatre in 1943.
• Eugene Berman, a painter and stage designer, was born in Russia, which his family fled during the Russian Revolution. He studied and worked in Europe, then immigrated to the United States in 1935. From the 1930s to the 1950s he designed sets and costumes for ballet and opera companies. His special interest in Italy, particularly in the art of the Italian Renaissance, enabled him to bring a convincing sense of the period to his sets and costumes for Romeo and Juliet.
• Richard Park Beard, 1925-2009, the former owner of this drawing, made his debut as a professional dancer with Ballet International in 1944, and subsequently danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. He also danced and choreographed for television and nightclub shows. While a member of Ballet Theatre, he danced the role of Paris, Romeo's rival, in Antony Tudor's version of Romeo and Juliet.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Call Number

*MGZGD Ber E Rom 1

OCLC

824923206

Author

Berman, Eugene, 1899-1972.

Title

Romeo & Juliet [graphic] / E.B.

Imprint

[1943?]

Biography

Romeo and Juliet (choreography, Antony Tudor; music, Frederick Delius; scenery and costumes, Eugene Berman) was first performed by Ballet Theatre in 1943.

Eugene Berman, a painter and stage designer, was born in Russia, which his family fled during the Russian Revolution. He studied and worked in Europe, then immigrated to the United States in 1935. From the 1930s to the 1950s he designed sets and costumes for ballet and opera companies. His special interest in Italy, particularly in the art of the Italian Renaissance, enabled him to bring a convincing sense of the period to his sets and costumes for Romeo and Juliet.

Richard Park Beard, 1925-2009, the former owner of this drawing, made his debut as a professional dancer with Ballet International in 1944, and subsequently danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. He also danced and choreographed for television and nightclub shows. While a member of Ballet Theatre, he danced the role of Paris, Romeo's rival, in Antony Tudor's version of Romeo and Juliet.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For other costume designs by Berman for Romeo and Juliet, see: *MGZGA Ber E Rom 1-7.

Source

Gift; Robert James Wood II, 2010.

Added Author

Beard, Richard. Collector

Wood, Robert James. Donor

Added Title

Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Richard Park Beard collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZGD Ber E Rom 1