Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten
Catalogue
- Year
- 1947
- Dimensions
- 20 x 30" (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Artist
- Robert Edmond Jones
Artist
Drawing
Robert Edmond Jones was an American stage designer and theorist whose innovative scenic approaches fundamentally transformed theatrical production in the early twentieth century. Working primarily in New York from the 1910s onward, he developed a modernist vocabulary of simplified forms, atmospheric lighting, and symbolic color that rejected the literal pictorial sets of his predecessors. His designs for productions at the Theatre Guild and other major venues established him as a foundational figure in American avant-garde theater practice. Jones also authored influential writings on stagecraft that shaped subsequent generations of designers.
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- Robert Edmond Jones
- Year
- 1947
- Dimensions
- 20 x 30" (50.8 x 76.2 cm)
- Watts ID
- WW-1947-M089940
Source
- Collection
- Museum of Modern Art
- Source
- moma
- Reference
- View at source
- Status
- verified