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Creator
Bragdon, Claude Fayette, 1866-1946
Call number
*T-Vim 2010-047
Physical description
2 boxes (92 drawings)
Preferred Citation
Claude Bragdon scenic designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library
Repository
Billy Rose Theatre Division
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Architect, stage designer, and writer Claude Fayette Bragdon (1866-1946) worked as an architect in Rochester, New York City, and Buffalo, before moving to New York City in 1923, where he worked primarily as stage designer. Bragdon designed for several shows produced by actor and theatrical manager Walter Hampden. Bragdon was also the author of several books on architecture, design, and theosophy. 88 original designs and 4 prints, for 11 productions on which Claude Bragdon collaborated with Walter Hampden from 1923-1938. Includes a doorway design by Bragdon, and his own signs and captions for an exhibition of his scene and costume designs in 1938.

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Location

Billy Rose Theatre Division
New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor