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James Hart Stearns designs
- Title
- James Hart Stearns designs, 1966-1968.
- Author
- Stearns, James Hart.
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1998-041 Box 1 | Offsite |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Offsite to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 1998-041 Box 2 | Offsite |
Not available - Please for assistance. | Box 3 | Still image | Restricted use | *T-Vim 1998-041 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 2 lin. ft. (3 oversize boxes); 23 in. x 29 in.
- Summary
- This collection contains costume sketches and a maquette from Stearns tenure at the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Source (note)
- Nancy G. Toepfer
- Biography (note)
- Costume and scene designer, born in Wichita, Kansas, James Hart Stearns first studied painting at Wichita University, then continued studying at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, Massachusetts. After completing his Masters of Art in Drama at Stanford University in California, he spent a year there as the Artist-In-Residence.
- Stearns designed costumes and sets for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center at the Vivian Beaumont from 1965-1969. During the inaugural season of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, he designed the costumes and sets for such plays as DANTON'S DEATH, THE COUNTRY WIFE, THE ALCHEMIST, THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, THE EAST WIND, GALILEO, and YERMA. Additionally, Stearns designed the costumes and sets for THE BIRDS, THE FIREBUGS, HALFWAY UP THE TREE, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, and UNCLE VANYA. He also designed the costumes and sets for the Stratford Festival and for Broadway productions.
- Indexes/Finding Aids (note)
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
- Processing Action (note)
- Cataloged
- Call Number
- *T-Vim 1998-041
- OCLC
- NYPW03-F11
- Author
- Stearns, James Hart.
- Title
- James Hart Stearns designs, 1966-1968.
- Biography
- Costume and scene designer, born in Wichita, Kansas, James Hart Stearns first studied painting at Wichita University, then continued studying at the Museum of Fine Arts School in Boston, Massachusetts. After completing his Masters of Art in Drama at Stanford University in California, he spent a year there as the Artist-In-Residence.Stearns first became associated with the Actor's Workshop (San Francisco) in 1956 when he designed the sets for the play, THE PLOUGH AND THE STARS. Also, during this time he was the Display Director at Gump's, San Francisco's leading department store. However, in 1963, he quit his job at Gump's to become the resident designer of the Actor's Workshop, where he remained for the next 13 years.Stearns designed costumes and sets for the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center at the Vivian Beaumont from 1965-1969. During the inaugural season of the Repertory Theater of Lincoln Center, he designed the costumes and sets for such plays as DANTON'S DEATH, THE COUNTRY WIFE, THE ALCHEMIST, THE CAUCASIAN CHALK CIRCLE, THE EAST WIND, GALILEO, and YERMA. Additionally, Stearns designed the costumes and sets for THE BIRDS, THE FIREBUGS, HALFWAY UP THE TREE, THE NIGHT OF THE IGUANA, THE TAMING OF THE SHREW, and UNCLE VANYA. He also designed the costumes and sets for the Stratford Festival and for Broadway productions.
- Indexes
- Finding aid available in repository and on the Internet.
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- Research Call Number
- *T-Vim 1998-041