The design of theatre scenography – an interior of the forge

Pacanowski, Bolesław (1901-1977)

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Bolesław Pacanowski – between Łódź and America
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Forges were to be found in every town, city and village. There you could shoe a horse, mend a wheel or forge knives and pots, nails and hooks. In Poland, forges were often owned or leased by Jews. In this theatrical set design, we see only a fragment of a room with a stump and an anvil on which a hammer lies. On the wall in the depths of the forge hang the blacksmith's tools, from the left: tongs, two hammers and larger tongs. A blacksmith's bellows is used to maintain the temperature of the fire, which in the forge can reach 1300°C. The hearth in Pacanowski's design is not open, as is usually the case in forges, but it is an ordinary tiled cooker. See also another version of this stage design, MPOLIN-M1159.

Renata Piątkowska

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Pacanowski, Bolesław (1901-1977)
Object type
drawing
Time of creation/dating
20th century
Place of creation
unknown
Technique
painter’s
drawn
Material
paper
aquarel paint
Keywords
theatre (art.)
Jewish (culture)
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M1158
Localization
The object is not currently on display
The purchase of the object for the POLIN Museum Collection was made possible thanks to the support of theAssociation Of The Jewish Historical Institute Of Poland.