Details
OSKAR SCHLEMMER (1888-1943)
Projet de décor pour "Die glückliche Hand" d'Arnold Schoenberg
craie sur papier noir
34.7 x 50.1 cm. (13¾ x 19¾ in.)
Exécuté en 1930
Provenance
Hans Curjel, Berlin (acquis auprès de l'artiste, 1930).
Collection particulière, Washington, Seattle (par descendance, 1975).
Vente, Sotheby's, Amsterdam, 8 décembre 1994, lot 286.
Galerie Tarica, Paris (acquis au cours de cette vente).
Acquis auprès de celle-ci par Yves Saint Laurent et Pierre Bergé, août 1995.
Literature
H. Curjel, Experiment Krolloper 1927-1931, Aus dem Nachlass herausgegeben von Eigel Kruttge, Munich, 1975, p. 357, no. XI (illustré).
O. Schlemmer, Théâtre et Abstraction (L'Espace du Bauhaus), Lausanne, 1978, no. 35 (illustré).
K. Von Maur, Oskar Schlemmer, Oeuvrekatalog der Gemälde, Aquarelle, Pastelle, Munich, 1979, p. 302, no. A. 395 (illustré).
D. Scheper, Oskar Schlemmer - das Triadische Ballet und die Bauhausbühne, Berlin, 1988, p. 224, no. 250 (illustré).
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Further Details
'SCENERY PROJECT FOR "DIE GLUCKLICHE HAND" BY ARNOLD SCHOENBERG'; CHALK ON BLACK PAPER.
In 1930, the Austrian composer and director Arnold Schönberg invited Oskar Schlemmer to create the set for the play Die Glückliche Hand (The Fortunate Hand). In addition to an almost black stage, Schönberg wished to express through this stage play the ultimate futility of life, and how man is doomed to repeat the same errors over and over again.
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