American stage designs : an illustrated catalogue of the models, drawings and photographs exhibited at the Bourgeois Galleries in New York, April 5th to 26th, 1919
An exhibition catalogue published in New York in 1919 by Theatre Arts, recording models, drawings and photographs of American stage sets shown at the Bourgeois Galleries for theatre designers and audiences. The pictures show stage scenery in practice: a shadowy arched interior with a lone figure in a dark gown, a stage-side scene of seated figures and a bed beneath an arched lit backdrop, a tall curtained proscenium framing a dark cloth with a small standing figure, and a niche with a statue and a seated figure at a lectern. A designer could take from them the use of strong arches, deep shadow, and a single figure placed against a large plain architectural form.
