• Title
  [The Harold Abbott theatre and stage archive]
• Creator
  Harold Abbott, 1906-1986
• Call number
  PXD 711
  XR 62
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  1930s-1982
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Drawings, Objects
• Reference code
  132829
• Issue Copy
  Partly Digitised : 9, 10
  
• Physical Description
  40 drawings - gouache, ink, pencil and biro - sizes vary
  1 model - gouache and poster paint on chip and cardboard three-dimensional model - 48.5(w) x 74(l) x 39(h) cm.
  
• Scope and Content
  PXD 711
  
  1-2. Carmen, Acts I & II [opera], by Georges Bizet. 2 ink drawings, 1930s-40s
  3-5. King Lear [play], by William Shakespeare. 1 ink drawing (linocut design, right) + 2 pencil drawings (unrelated figure studies beneath and on reverse), 1930s-40s
  6-8. Backcloth and other designs for Julius Caesar [play], by William Shakespeare, 1930s-40s. 3 ink drawings
  9-11. Lady Macbeth [play], by Gordon Bottomley, 1930s-40s. 2 biro + 1 pencil drawings
  12-15. Don Giovanni [opera], by W.A. Mozart, 1930s-40s. 4 ink drawings
  16. Merchant of Venice [play], by William Shakespeare, 1938. For May Hollingsworth, director, Sydney University Dramatic Society. [Stage set design: panorama]. 1 gouache drawing, inscribed by the artist lower edge
  17. Setting for The Frogs [play by Aristophanes], 1940. For Professor Trendall, Sydney University Dramatic Society, Great Hall, Sydney University. [Stage set design: panorama]. 1 gouache drawing, laid down on original mount with ruled borders, inscribed by the artist in green felt pen (at a later date?) on reverse, upper left
  18-31. The Magic Flute [opera], by W.A. Mozart, 1947. For Opera School, NSW Conservatorium of Music. 9 gouache drawings (set designs) laid down on cardboard mounts (by the artist?), inscribed by the artist (at a later date?) on mounts lower left or on reverse; 4 pencil drawings; 1 gouache drawing, laid down on original mount, signed by the artist lower right, inscribed in pencil beneath image on mount 'Act I sci The Magic Flute'
  32-33. The Residuary Legatee [play] 4 Jan. 1950. For the Independent Theatre, North Sydney. [Scale design for] tapestry background. 1 pencil and wash drawing, signed in pencil lower left; inscribed in pencil lower edge; [Scale design for] backcloth, signed in pencil by the artist lower left, inscribed in pencil lower edge.
  34-39. The Lady from the Sea [play], by Hendrik Ibsen, 1953. For Peter Summerton, director, Independent Theatre, North Sydney. 5 pencil and watercolour drawings (set designs); 1 gouache drawing, laid down on original mount, signed by the artist in pencil lower left; inscribed by the artist in pencil on reverse upper left.
  40. Coffee Cantata, 1955. For Professor Donald Peart, director, Music Department, University of Sydney. 1 gouache drawing (set design), laid down on original mount, signed by the artist lower left, inscribed by the artist lower left beneath image (Call No.: PXD 711/40)
  
  XR 62
  Sleeping Beauty [ballet], by P.I. Tschaikovsky,1982. For the Australian Ballet Competition, 1983.
  Three-dimensional scale model
• Access Conditions
  
  Access via appointment
• Copying Conditions
  Reproduction Restricted
• General note
  
  Some of these works were listed in the catalogue Harold Abbott 1906-1986 : New England Regional Art Museum touring exhibition 1987-1988 ... Armidale, NSW, 1987. See also 6 Visual Artists, Theatre, Film, Television [exhibition catalogue], Woolloomooloo Gallery, Sydney, 3-21 Sept. 1986. Location (both items) : unlisted catalogues, Mitchell Library Pictures Section.
• Signatures / Inscriptions
  
  Most drawings are inscribed by the artist with titles; some are also signed. There are also inscriptions by Mrs Elinor Wrobel and labels from several exhibitions on the reverse of some works.
• Topic
  stage sets
  
• Exhibited in
  
  Possessed : an exhibition of treasures - State Library of New South Wales (4 March - 29 June, 1997). Applies to: PXD 711/31
  Learning Services Program display 2014-2015 - State Library of New South Wales (January 2014 - January 2015). Applies to: no. 16
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE5814988

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