World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Summary information

Date

Tue Oct 14 1947 until Sun Jan 04 1948

Location
  • MoMA type:exhibition building spaces
  • 11 West 53rd St. type:thoroughfare names
Carried out by

The Museum of Modern Art

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Concurrent exhibitions

Exhibitions that overlap with this exhibition, in this dataset. Double-click an item in the timeline to view the corresponding exhibition page.

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1948
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February 1948
March 1948
Selected Exhibition
MoMA
World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design
Paintings, Sculpture, and Graphic Arts from the Museum Collection
Mies van der Rohe
100 Useful Objects of Fine Design (available under $100)
Three Young Photographers
Ben Shahn
Children's Holiday Fair of Modern Art
Music and Musicians

Concurrent exhibitions grouped by organisation

Artists

There were 11 persons who influenced this exhibition.

Persons are ordered alphabetically by surname. Select a letter in the concertina to continue. Click on the person's name to view further information.

Adolphe Appia

Biographical statement Swiss, 1862–1928

Born 1862 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1928

Nationality Swiss

Gender Male

External information resources for Adolphe Appia

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Adolphe Appia was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11934-011934-02MoMAInternational Exhibition of Theatre Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Georges Braque

Biographical statement French, 1882–1963

Born 1882 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1963

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Georges Braque

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Georges Braque was involved in 149 exhibitions across 9 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 26 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 5 exhibitions.

Edward Burra

Biographical statement British, 1905–1976

Born 1905 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1976

Nationality British

Gender Male

External information resources for Edward Burra

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Edward Burra was involved in 8 exhibitions across 5 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s,1950s,1990s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1970s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11936-121937-01MoMAFantastic Art, Dada, Surrealism

#StartEndLocationTitle
11947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design
21948-111949-01MoMARecent Acquisitions

#StartEndLocationTitle
11977-031977-05MoMABritish Drawings

Antonin Heythum

Biographical statement American 1901–1954

Born 1901 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1954

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Antonin Heythum

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Antonin Heythum was involved in 6 exhibitions across 5 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 2 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1970s,2000s,2010s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11934-011934-02MoMAInternational Exhibition of Theatre Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11944-051944-10MoMADesign for Use
21947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

#StartEndLocationTitle
11979-111980-01MoMAArt of the Twenties

#StartEndLocationTitle
12009-032009-09MoMAStage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Robert Edmond Jones

Biographical statement American, 1887–1954

Born 1887 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1954

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Robert Edmond Jones

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Robert Edmond Jones was involved in 6 exhibitions across 3 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 4 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,2000s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11934-011934-02MoMAInternational Exhibition of Theatre Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11944-051944-09MoMADance and Theatre Design
21945-041945-06MoMAStage Design by Robert Edmund Jones
31947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design
41949-101949-12MoMAModern Art in Your Life

#StartEndLocationTitle
12009-032009-09MoMAStage Pictures: Drawing for Performance

Fernand Léger

Biographical statement French, 1881–1955

Born 1881 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1955

Nationality French

Gender Male

External information resources for Fernand Léger

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Fernand Léger was involved in 157 exhibitions across 9 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1950s with 25 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 2010s with 6 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11950-011950-05MoMARecent Acquisitions
21950-071950-09MoMAThree Modern Styles
31950-071950-11MoMARecent Acquisitions
41952-011952-03MoMAMasterworks Acquired through the Mrs. Simon Guggenheim Fund
51952-031952-05MoMAPosters by Painters and Sculptors
61952-081952-09MoMAWorks from the Museum Collection
71952-121953-01MoMANew Children's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
81952-12MoMAGallery Expansion and New Acquisitions
91953-021953-03MoMANew Acquisitions
101953-061953-10MoMASummer Exhibition: New Acquisitions; Recent American Prints, 1947–1953; Katherine S. Dreier Bequest; Kuniyoshi and Spencer; Expressionism in Germany; Varieties of Realism
111953-101954-01MoMALéger
121954-041954-06MoMAFaces and Figures: Drawings from the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art
131954-101955-02MoMAXXVth Anniversary Exhibition: Paintings from the Museum Collection
141954-121955-02MoMAModern Masterprints of Europe
151955-031955-04MoMAPainting and Sculpture from the Museum Collection: New Acquisitions
161955-081955-09MoMALéger Memorial
171955-101955-10MoMASelections from the Art Lending Service
181955-111956-02MoMARecent Acquisitions
191955-121956-01MoMAChildren's Holiday Carnival of Modern Art
201957-011957-02MoMADrawings Recently Acquired for the Museum Collection
211958-10MoMASecond Floor Permanent Collection
221958-101958-11MoMAPhilip L. Goodwin Collection
231958-101958-11MoMAWorks of Art: Given or Promised
241959-071959-10MoMADrawings, Watercolors, Collages: New Acquisitions
251959-121960-01MoMARecent Acquisitions

Jo Mielziner

Biographical statement American, 1901–1976

Born 1901 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1976

Nationality American

Gender Female

External information resources for Jo Mielziner

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Jo Mielziner was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11934-011934-02MoMAInternational Exhibition of Theatre Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Isamu Noguchi

Biographical statement American, 1904–1988

Born 1904 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1988

Nationality American

Gender Male

External information resources for Isamu Noguchi

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Isamu Noguchi was involved in 55 exhibitions across 9 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 10 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1980s with 3 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11950-071950-09MoMAThree Modern Styles
21951-011951-03MoMAAbstract Painting and Sculpture in America
31951-021951-05MoMARecent Acquisitions
41951-051951-07MoMAAbstraction in Photography
51951-061951-07MoMAModern Relief
61952-031952-04MoMAHuman Quality in Creative Experience
71953-041953-09MoMASculpture of the XXth Century
81955-111956-02MoMARecent Acquisitions
91958-101958-11MoMAPhilip L. Goodwin Collection

#StartEndLocationTitle
11975-091975-11MoMADrawings: Recent Gifts
21977-111978-01MoMANoguchi: The Sculptor as Designer
31979-051979-06MoMAThirty Sculptors' Drawings
41979-081979-09MoMARecent Acquisitions: Architecture and Design

#StartEndLocationTitle
11985-021985-03MoMAReinstallation of the Contemporary Galleries
21986-041986-09MoMASculptors' Drawings
31986-061986-0942nd Venice BiennaleIsamu Noguchi: What is Sculpture?

Lee Simonson

Biographical statement

Born 1888 (click to view other people born in this year)

Died 1967

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Lee Simonson

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Lee Simonson was involved in 2 exhibitions across 2 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1930s,1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11934-011934-02MoMAInternational Exhibition of Theatre Art

#StartEndLocationTitle
11947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Charlotte Trowbridge

Biographical statement

Born (click to view other people born in this year)

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Charlotte Trowbridge

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Exhibitions

In this dataset, Charlotte Trowbridge was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

  • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
  • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

#StartEndLocationTitle
11947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Jean Volkmer

Biographical statement

Born (click to view other people born in this year)

Died

Nationality

Gender

External information resources for Jean Volkmer


    Exhibitions

    In this dataset, Jean Volkmer was involved in 1 exhibitions across 1 decades.

    • Decade(s) with the most number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.
    • Decade with the least number of exhibitions was the 1940s with 1 exhibitions.

    #StartEndLocationTitle
    11947-101948-01MoMAWorld of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design