Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire

More Details Cite This Item

58621628

View this item elsewhere:

Title
Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire
Names
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976 (Costume designer)
Collection

Jerome Robbins Dance Division Original Artwork and Designs

Pillar of fire: costume designs for Ballet Theatre

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1942
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZGA Mie J Pil 6
Topics
Mielziner, Jo, 1901-1976
Ballet Theatre (New York, N.Y.)
Pillar of fire (Choreographic work : Tudor)
Dance costume -- 20th century
Costume design -- 20th century
Ballet -- Costume -- 20th century
Genres
Costume design drawings
Design drawings
Paintings
Notes
Acquisition: Purchase; Dance Special Acquisitions Fund; 1999.
Biographical/historical: Pillar of fire (choreography, Antony Tudor; music, Arnold Schönberg) was first performed by Ballet Theatre in 1942. Its cast of characters includes the heroine, Hagar, her older sister and younger sister, maiden ladies out walking, lovers-in-innocence and lovers-in-experience, and the young man from the house opposite, who leads Hagar astray.
Biographical/historical: Jo Mielziner was an eminent stage designer and theatre architect. Though most of his work was done for plays and musicals, he occasionally created designs for dance productions.
Content: Design for a male dancer playing one of the Lovers in experience in Antony Tudor's Pillar of fire. It shows a man facing right, left arm outstretched, dressed in beige shirt, brown vest, and ocher tights. Inscribed at lower right: "Costume drawing by Jo Mielziner for Lovers of experience for Ballet Theatre's Pillar of Fire."
Physical Description
Gouache (paint)
Extent: Artwork: 9 x 12; mat: 14 x 20
Type of Resource
Still image
Text
Languages
English
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 968151503
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b21148375
NYPL Exhibition ID: LPA 23.501.049
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): d80799e0-2706-013b-1605-0242ac110003
Rights Statement
The copyright and related rights status of this item has been reviewed by The New York Public Library, but we were unable to make a conclusive determination as to the copyright status of the item. You are free to use this Item in any way that is permitted by the copyright and related rights legislation that applies to your use.

Item timeline of events

  • 1901: Creator Born
  • 1942: Issued
  • 1976: Creator Died
  • 2023: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1942. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8b919d0-2706-013b-cc1f-0242ac110003

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 25, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8b919d0-2706-013b-cc1f-0242ac110003

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1942). Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8b919d0-2706-013b-cc1f-0242ac110003

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/d8b919d0-2706-013b-cc1f-0242ac110003 | title= (still image) Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire, (1942) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 25, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Costume design, "Lovers of Experience," Pillar of Fire