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Marius Sznajderman designs for Circle in the Square and French Art Theatre

Title: Marius Sznajderman designs for Circle in the Square and French Art Theatre, ca. 1918-1960, 1950-1958.
Author: Sznajderman, Marius, 1926-
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Status	Vol/Date	Format	Access	Call Number	Item Location
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 5	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2011-204 Box 5	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 4	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2011-204 Box 4	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 3	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2011-204 Box 3	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 2	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2011-204 Box 2	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person.	Box 1	Mixed material	Supervised use	*T-Vim 2011-204 Box 1	Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre

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Description

5 linear feet (5 boxes).

Donor/Sponsor

Gift of Marius Sznajderman in memory of Eve Daniel, 2011.

Genre/Form

Costume design drawings.
Posters.
Research notes.
Set design drawings.

Note

Productions for Circle in the Square include The bonds of interest by Benavente y Martinez, 1951; Burning bright by John Steinbeck, 1951; the unproduced mystery play Ludus Coventriae, 1953-1955; and Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca, 1952.
A number of the designs are drawn on the versos of menus from a restaurant in the same building as Circle in the Square Theatre.

Call Number

*T-Vim 2011-204

OCLC

753563210
753563210

Author

Sznajderman, Marius, 1926- Artist

Title

Marius Sznajderman designs for Circle in the Square and French Art Theatre, ca. 1918-1960, 1950-1958.

Summary

Over 350 original designs, principally for sets (mostly color), floor plans, and studies created by Marius Sznajderman for Circle in the Square Theatre and the French Art Theatre in the 1950s. The collection also contains production and research notes, as well as publicity material and posters. There are also some publicity materials for Circle in the Square, programs, fliers, and postcards for individual productions, blueprints, elevations, as well as a number of black and white photographs. Also included are costume designs (possibly for The firebrand, ca. 1924), several sketches, a sketchbook with notes, ca. 1918-ca. 1924, by noted stage designer Woodman Thompson, perhaps related to Sznajderman's research for the play Ludus Coventriae. In addition to Sznajderman's set designs, studies, floor plans, and production notes for the French Art Theatre, New York City (Eve Daniel, director), there are subscription letters and 7 posters, ca. 1951-1958.

Biography

Marius Sznadjerman was born in Paris in 1926. He escaped to Spain with his parents in 1942, moving to Venezuela where he attended the School of Fine Arts in Caracas. After moving to the United States in 1949, Sznajderman studied at Columbia University with scenic designer Woodman Thompson and printmaker Hans Mueller, receiving both a B.F.A. and M.F.A. He served in the U.S. Army from 1953-1955 and has taught at several universities, including New York University, School of Visual Arts and Fairleigh Dickinson University. Sznajderman has also had numerous exhibitions of his work over several decades.

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Thompson, Woodman.

Circle in the Square (Organization : New York, N.Y.)

French Art Theatre (Organization : New York, N.Y.)

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