On the Art of the Theatre: Museum Object and Cultural History

The object in the museum catalogue

Hardcover copy of "On the Art of the Theatre" by Edward Gordon Craig with 296 pages of text. The binding is tan with light brown textured fabric over the spine. The front cover has a central red logo with [G C] and a flower inside a circle. The spine reads [On the / Art of / the / Theatre / Edward / Gordon / Craig] in red printed text at the top. [Browne's Bookstore] is in red at the bottom of the spine. The back cover is blank. The book pages have a deckle edge. There are handwritten inscriptions inside the book.

Materials, dates and provenance

• Date: 1912
• Written by: Edward Gordon Craig, English, 1872 - 1966
• Published by: Browne's Bookstore, American, 1908 - 1912
• Owned by: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
• Signed by: Loïs Mailou Jones, American, 1905 - 1998
• Type: hardcover books
• Medium: ink on paper
• Dimensions: H x W x D: 8 9/16 × 6 1/2 × 1 1/8 in. (21.7 × 16.5 × 2.9 cm)
• Topic: African American
• Topic: Actors
• Topic: Art
• Topic: Design
• Topic: Theatre
• Object number: 2016.26.5.10
• Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
• Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture

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