Lemuel Ayers theatrical designs
- Title
- Lemuel Ayers theatrical designs, 1944-1951.
- Author
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call number | Item location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Status Available by appointment at Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre. | ContainerBox 1 | FormatPicture | AccessSupervised use | Call number*T-Vim 1991-022 Box 1 | Item locationPerforming Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 2 boxes (18 paintings): col.; 60 x 88 cm.
- Summary
- Collection consists of six costume and twelve set designs by Lemuel Ayers for the following productions: KISS ME KATE (1948), OUT OF THIS WORLD (1950), BLOOMER GIRL (1944), CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1946), INSIDE U.S.A. (1948), MUSIC IN THE AIR (1951), and ST. LOUIS WOMAN (1946).
- Subject
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Set design drawings.
- Call number
- *T-Vim 1991-022
- Source (note)
- Estate of Selma Tamber Eisenman
- Biography (note)
- Award winning designer of sets and costumes and a theatrical producer, Lemuel Ayers (1915-1955) had a brief but brilliant career with extensive Broadway credits including HIGH BUTTON SHOES and OKLAHOMA!
- Processing action (note)
- Cataloged
- Author
- Ayers, Lemuel.
- Title
- Lemuel Ayers theatrical designs, 1944-1951.
- Biography
- Award winning designer of sets and costumes and a theatrical producer, Lemuel Ayers (1915-1955) had a brief but brilliant career with extensive Broadway credits including HIGH BUTTON SHOES and OKLAHOMA! He was born in New York City and received a degree in architecture from Princeton University and one in drama from the University of Iowa.
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- Research call number
- *T-Vim 1991-022