Boris Aronson et l'art du theatre.

Quarto 29x23 cm., original stiff wrappers, 16 pp., 32 plates. Number 155 of 300 numbered copies on vellum (15 were issued on Holland). Borys Solomonovich Aronson (1898-1980) was a renowned scenic designer for Broadway and Yiddish theater in the United States. Less known about him was his important role in the development of the avant-garde from his beginning in Kiev, then Moscow and Berlin. He was an apprentice to Aleksandra Ekster who introduced him to Vsevelod Meyerhold and Aleksander Tairov. With those three he worked to develop Constructivist theater in the early Soviet era. Soon Aronson went to Berlin where he collaborated with El Lissitzky and Naum Gabo to introduce Constructivism to the West. He obtained an immigrant visa to the USA in 1923 and settled in New York where he designed sets and costumes for the experimental Yiddish theater. It is in this era that the present work places its focus, drawing on the continuity of Aronson's Suprematist and Constructivist origins to the date of writing. Waldemar George (1893-1970) was a Polish born art critici active in France who introduced Eastern European art to Western readers. Plates include costume designs (4 in color), drawings, production photos, and stage designs. Uncommon, OCLC locates two holdings in North America (FL Intl Univ, LAPL)/ [Professional spine restoration; a crisp copy.