Alexandra Exter collection

Collection Data

Names
Exter, Alexandra (Costume designer)
Dates / Origin
Date Created: 1882 - 1949 (Approximate)
Library locations
Billy Rose Theatre Division
Shelf locator: MWEZ+ n.c. 26,101
Topics
Costume design -- Soviet Union
Dance -- Exhibitions -- New York (State)
Genres
Costume design drawings
Set design drawings
Drawings
Photographs
Screen prints
Notes
Biographical/historical: Alexandra Exter, 1882-1949, was a Ukrainian-born painter and designer active in Russia and France. In the course of developing her own artistic style, she took part in various avant-garde art movements, among them Futurism and Constructivism, and is considered a co-founder of the Art Deco movement, suggestions of which appear in this costume design. She designed sets and costumes for Alexander Tairov's Kamerny (Chamber) Theatre and for dancer-choreographer Bronislava Nijinska, the sister of Vaslav Nijinsky, in post-revolutionary Russia. In 1924 she and her husband moved to Paris, where she lived for the rest of her life.
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Identifiers
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 4a8792c0-c6cd-012f-7f55-58d385a7bc34
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