Music Division set and costume design collection

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Description: The set and costume design collection is an artificially created collection of graphic designs intended for opera productions. Material has been drawn from a number of archival collections as well as individual items that were acquired by the Music Division over a period of time. Consists chiefly of two dimensional set and costume designs in a variety of mediums, among them watercolors, blueprints, tempera, ink, pastels, and pencil. Some designs include fabric swatches. Designers of more than 30 items represented include Lewis Brown, H. A. Condell, Ladislas Czettel, Frederick Kiesler, Donald Oenslager, Wolfgang Roth, Richard Rychtarik, and Rouben Ter-Arutunian, among others.
Names: Brown, Lewis (Designer); Condell, H. A. (Heinz A.) (Designer); Czettel, L. (Ladislas), 1904-1949 (Designer); Kiesler, Frederick (Designer); Oenslager, Donald, 1902-1975 (Designer); Roth, Wolfgang, 1910-1988 (Designer); Rychtarik, Richard, 1894-1982 (Designer); Ter-Arutunian, Rouben, 1920-1992 (Designer)
Dates / Origin: Date Created: 1700 - 2000 (Approximate)
Library locations: Music Division; Shelf locator: Set and Costume Design Collection
Topics: Theaters -- Stage-setting and scenery; Opera -- Stage-setting and scenery; Costume design; Set design drawings
Genres: Costume design drawings; Blueprints; Set design drawings; Drawings; Design drawings
Physical Description: Extent: Approximately 3,500 items
Type of Resource: Still image
Identifiers: NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b16578865; RLIN/OCLC: 154209591; Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 027854e0-c598-012f-7d10-58d385a7bc34