Research Catalog

Title

Desire caught by the tail, a play by Pablo Picasso [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Publication

c2012.

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Cronson, Mary Sharp.
• Cronson, Caroline.
• Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973.
• Penrose, Roland, Sir.
• Bogart, Anne, 1951-
• West, Darron L
• Scott, Brian H.
• Guare, John
• Gianino, Gian-Murray.
• Kuitca, Guillermo, 1961-
• Armstrong, Richard, actor.
• Shapiro, Joel, actor.
• Webber, Stephen Duff.
• Widmaier Picasso, Diana.
• Maurer, Kelly.
• Lauren, Ellen.
• Jonas, Joan, 1936-
• Aizawa, Akiko.
• Rosenblum, Jane Kaplowitz.
• Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Description

1 videodisc (58 min.) : sd., col.; 4 3/4 in.

Summary

"For four days in January 1941, in occupied Paris, Pablo Picasso put down the brush and took up the pen. The play he wrote, Desire caught by the tail, was inspired by the poor living conditions in Paris at the time. It reflects the hardships of those war years; with their lack of food and heating and their clandestine meetings. Among the characters in the play are Big Foot and his friends Round Piece and Onion, the Tart and her cousin, and the two Anxieties, the fat one and the skinny one. This rarely seen Surrealist play was first presented in 1944 as a reading with a cast that included many of Picasso's friends: leading literary and theatrical figures such as Simone de Beauvoir, Jane-Paul Sartre, Raymond Queneau, Albert Camus and Michael Leiris." -- note in house program.

Series Statement

• Works & process at the Guggenheim collection
• Works and process at the Guggenheim

Uniform Title

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

Genre/Form

• Filmed performances.
• Video.
• Dance.

Note

• Widescreen.
• Title and credits taken from house program.
• Picasso Black and White will be on view at the Guggenheim Museum, New York, N.Y. from Oct. 5, 2012 - Jan. 23, 2013.
• Projected reproductions of Pablo Picasso's work include: Swimming woman (La nageuse), Head of a horse, sketch for Guernica (Tête de cheval, étude pour Guernica), Seated woman in an armchair (Dora) (Femme assise dans un fauteuil [Dora]), Still life with blood sausage (Nature morte au boudin), Reclining nude (Grand nu couché).

Credits (note)

• By Pablo Picasso ; translated by Sir Roland Penrose ; directed by Anne Bogart ; visual environment created with works by Pablo Picasso ; sound design by Darron L. West ; lighting design by Brian H. Scott ; with the assistance of Angela Westwater (founding partner of Sperone Westwater) ; stage manager, Elizabeth Moreau.

Event (note)

• Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 15, 2012 (7:30 pm).

System Details (note)

• DVD.

Source (note)

• Mary Sharp Cronson.

Contents

Introduction (1 min.) / by Caroline Cronson -- Desire caught by the tail (57 min.).

Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7838

OCLC

823930151

Title

Desire caught by the tail, a play by Pablo Picasso [videorecording] : Works & process at the Guggenheim / [performance series producer, Mary Sharp Cronson].

Imprint

c2012.

Country of Producing Entity

U.S.

Series

Works & process at the Guggenheim collection

Works and process at the Guggenheim

Works and process at the Guggenheim.

System Details

DVD.

Original Version

Original format: 1 DV cassette.

Credits

By Pablo Picasso ; translated by Sir Roland Penrose ; directed by Anne Bogart ; visual environment created with works by Pablo Picasso ; sound design by Darron L. West ; lighting design by Brian H. Scott ; with the assistance of Angela Westwater (founding partner of Sperone Westwater) ; stage manager, Elizabeth Moreau.

Performer

Performers: John Guare (Big foot), Gian-Murray Gianino (Onion), Guillermo Kuitca (Round piece), Richard Armstrong (Silence), Joel Shapiro (The curtain), Stephen Duff Webber (Stage directions), Diana Widmaier Picasso (The tart), Kelly Maurer (Her cousin), Ellen Lauren (Thin anxiety), Joan Jonas (Fat anxiety), Akiko Aizawa and Jane Kaplowitz Rosenblum (Two bow wows).

Event

Videotaped at the Peter B. Lewis Theater, as part of the Works & process performance series at the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, on Oct. 15, 2012 (7:30 pm).

Local Note

For program notes see *MGZB Works and process at the Guggenheim [programs].

Source

Gift; Mary Sharp Cronson. NN-PD

Added Author

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Producer

Cronson, Caroline. Speaker

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. Artist

Picasso, Pablo, 1881-1973. Author

Penrose, Roland, Sir. Translator

Bogart, Anne, 1951- Director

West, Darron L, sound designer.

Scott, Brian H. Lighting designer

Guare, John, actor.

Gianino, Gian-Murray. Performer

Kuitca, Guillermo, 1961- Performer

Armstrong, Richard, actor. Performer

Shapiro, Joel, actor. Performer

Webber, Stephen Duff. Performer

Widmaier Picasso, Diana. Performer

Maurer, Kelly. Performer

Lauren, Ellen. Performer

Jonas, Joan, 1936- Performer

Aizawa, Akiko. Performer

Rosenblum, Jane Kaplowitz. Performer

Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum.

Cronson, Mary Sharp. Donor

Research Call Number

*MGZIDVD 5-7838