Research Catalog
Ruth Sobotka designs
- Title
- Ruth Sobotka designs, 1943-1966 and undated.
- Author
- Sobotka, Ruth.
- Supplementary Content
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| Status | Container | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-VIM 2012-005 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | *T-Vim 2012-005 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Theatre |
Details
- Description
- 2 boxes (ca. 71 drawings) col.; 50 x 38 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Approximately 71 original color costume and set designs (mostly costume designs) by Ruth Sobotka.
- Alternative Title
- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Costume design drawings.
- Set design drawings.
- Source (note)
- Ruth Sobotka's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Sobotka;
- Call Number
- *T-VIM 2012-005
- OCLC
- 784949150
- Author
- Sobotka, Ruth. Designer
- Title
- Ruth Sobotka designs, 1943-1966 and undated.
- Biography
- Designer, dancer and actress, Ruth A. Sobotka, was born in Vienna in 1925. She emigrated to the United States with her family when she was 14. Sobotka attended the University of Pennsylvania and Carnegie Institute of Technology. She also studied ballet at the School of American Ballet and was a dancer for Ballet Society and New York City Ballet. Sobotka designed costumes for both theater and dance. She appeared as "The girl" in Man Ray's segment of the Hans Richter avant-garde film, Dreams that money can buy (1947) and later worked on several films in various capacities. In 1955, she married film director Stanley Kubrick; they divorced in 1961. After retiring from dancing, Sobotka focused on acting and designing. She died after a brief illness at Flower and Fifth Avenue Hospital in June1967, at the age of 42.
- Source
- Gift; Ruth Sobotka's parents, Mr. & Mrs. Walter Sobotka; 1968.
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- Added Title
- Aladdin and the wonderful lamp.
- Research Call Number
- *T-VIM 2012-005