[Rarebooks] For Sale: Early Boris Aronson Theatre Exhibition

[Norman Kane]

ART IN THE THEATRE. AN EXHIBIT BY B[ORIS] ARONSON WITH AN 
INTRODUCTION BY JOHN MASON BROWN.  SPONSORED BY EDITH J. R. ISAACS, 
JOHN MASON BROWN, SHELDON CHENEY, J. BROOKS ATKINSON . . . [ET 
AL.]   N. Y.: Anderson Galleries, Dec. 13-23, 1927.
Original printed wrappers, 9 3/4 X 6 1/4 inches, light wear, 31 
pages.  Contains a number of illustrations of the Russian-born 
Aronson's avant-garde stage designs, mostly for plays with Jewish 
themes. Brown stresses his revolutionary background & his interest in 
reaching a proletarian audience. OCLC cites only the U. Wash. copy; 
apparently not in RLG.  A scarce early publication on this leading 
stage designer of " Fiddler on the Roof", "Cabaret", "Diary of Anne 
Frank", "Bus Stop", "The Crucible", "I Am a Camera", "The Rose 
Tattoo", "South Pacific", "RUR", "Awake & Sing", 
&c.   $190.00        (Trade Discount 10%)

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