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Set Design for "East Wind"

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Donald Oenslager
1902-1975

Set Design for "East Wind"

1931
8 1/8 x 10 7/8 inches (206 x 276 mm)
Graphite on thin paper.
1982.75:441

Gift of Mrs. Donald M. Oenslager, 1982.

Notes
Donald Oenslager designed the sets for "East Wind", a two-act musical by Oscar Hammerstein II and Frank Mandel, for the production at the Manhattan Theater, which ran from October 27 until November 14, 1931. It was a notorious Broadway flop, closing after only twenty-three performances.
Inscriptions/Markings
Inscribed variously, "all flats 20' high", "jungle", "East Wind", "road to [illegible]."
Classification
Century Drawings