Commedia dell'arte. [ca. 1930-1959]

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Commedia dell'arte. [ca. 1930-1959]

The box contains 15 cutout silhouette figures pencilled with the artist's initials and a title. Twelve, numbered 1 to 12 in pencil, are silhouettes of commedia dell'arte characters, notably Harlequin, Columbine, the Captain, and Pantaloon.

1 box (15 cutouts) : paper, cardboard, glass, leather, b&w and col. ; 27.4 x 20.5 x 5 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 8307699

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Reiniger, Lotte, 1899-1981

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Epithet: film animator British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000001124.0x000120 German artist Lotte Reiniger designed cutout silhouettes, and directed silhouette and animation films, as well as shadow theatre. Born in Berlin in 1899, she was active in Germany until the 1930s when she and her husband Carl Koch spent extended periods in other European countries. In 1949, they emigrated to England, where she d...