Lemuel Ayers theatrical designs

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unitid

{"value"=>"*T-Vim 1991-022", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"21369", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unittitle

{"value"=>"Lemuel Ayers theatrical designs"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1944-1951", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1944/1951"}

physdesc

{"format"=>"structured", "physdesc_components"=>[{"name"=>"extent", "value"=>"2 boxes (18 paintings)"}, {"name"=>"physfacet", "value"=>"col"}, {"name"=>"dimensions", "value"=>"60 x 88 cm"}], "supress_display"=>true}

date_inclusive_start

1944

date_inclusive_end

1951

origination

{"value"=>"Ayers, Lemuel, 1915-1955", "type"=>"persname"}

bioghist

{"value"=>"<p>Award winning designer of sets and costumes and a theatrical producer, Lemuel Ayers had a brief but brilliant career with extensive Broadway credits including HIGH BUTTON SHOES and OKLAHOMA! He was born in New York City and received a degree in architecture from Princeton University and one in drama from the University of Iowa. He died in 1955 at the age of forty.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

scopecontent

{"value"=>"<p>Collection consists of six costume and twelve set designs by Lemuel Ayers for the following productions: KISS ME KATE (1948), OUT OF THIS WORLD (1950), BLOOMER GIRL (1944), CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1946), INSIDE U.S.A. (1948), MUSIC IN THE AIR (1951), and ST. LOUIS WOMAN (1946). Executed in paint, ink and pencil on paper or illustration board, some have mat frames, a few are signed by Ayers, most are undated.</p>", "supress_display"=>true}

acqinfo

{"accession_number"=>"THE 910522"}

{"date"=>"05/28/91", "materials"=>"Designs", "method"=>"gift", "extent"=>"18 o", "value"=>"Designs: gift, 05/28/91"}

keydate

1944

prefercite

{"value"=>"Lemuel Ayers theatrical designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library"}

abstract

{"value"=>"Award winning designer of sets and costumes and a theatrical producer, Lemuel Ayers had a brief but brilliant career with extensive Broadway credits including HIGH BUTTON SHOES and OKLAHOMA! He was born in New York City and received a degree in architecture from Princeton University and one in drama from the University of Iowa. He died in 1955 at the age of forty. Collection consists of six costume and twelve set designs by Lemuel Ayers for the following productions: KISS ME KATE (1948), OUT OF THIS WORLD (1950), BLOOMER GIRL (1944), CYRANO DE BERGERAC (1946), INSIDE U.S.A. (1948), MUSIC IN THE AIR (1951), and ST. LOUIS WOMAN (1946). Executed in paint, ink and pencil on paper or illustration board, some have mat frames, a few are signed by Ayers, most are undated.", "generated"=>true}

extent_statement

2 boxes (18 paintings) : col ; 60 x 88 cm

date_start

1944

date_end

1951

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