Stage set, unknown maker from Soviet Union

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Stage set
Stage set
Stage set
circa 1918–1920s
Stage set , circa 1918–1920s
Where object was made: Soviet Union (present-day Russia)
Material/technique: gelatin silver print
Dimensions:
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 7.9 x 11.4 cm
Image Dimensions Height/Width (Height x Width): 3 1/8 x 4 1/2 in
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 9.65 x 12.7 cm
Sheet/Paper Dimensions (Height x Width): 3 13/16 x 5 in
Mat Dimensions (Height x Width): 11 x 14 in
Credit line: Museum purchase: Helen Foresman Spencer Art Acquisition Fund
Accession number: 2003.0076
Not on display
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Exhibition Label: "Machine in a Void: World War I & the Graphic Arts," Mar-2010, Steve Goddard The constructivist set design in this photograph differs greatly from traditional theatrical stage sets, which either served as replicas or metaphoric representations of realworld locations. For example, the first constructivist stage set, created by Russian artist Lyubov Popova for Vsevolod Meyerhold's performance of The Magnanimous Cuckold in 1922, does not make claims to represent or decorate anything. Rather, it serves only as a spatial formula to perpetuate the action. This photograph comes from an unidentified theater production and the designer of the set is unknown. However, this stage provides a perfect example of the kind of constructivist theater set developed by Popova.