The design of theatre scenography - a street in the town

Pacanowski, Bolesław (1901-1977)

part of the collection
Bolesław Pacanowski – between Łódź and America

In the towns of the old Republic of Poland, an inn (also called a guest house) was one of the most important places where locals and visitors met. There one could talk, drink beer or vodka, play cards or spend the night on the road (see the 18th century inn in the "Miasteczko" [The Town] gallery (1648-1772) in the permanent exhibition at the POLIN Museum). A signboard reading "TO THE LAST GROSH" encouraged visitors to enter, but was also a warning against losing all your money. The pencil sketch was probably a preparatory drawing for the subsequent, but already colourful, watercolour scenography projects (see MPOLIN-M1141-MPOLIN-1143).

Renata Piątkowska

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Information about the object
Author/creator
Pacanowski, Bolesław (1901-1977)
Object type
drawing
Time of creation/dating
1951
Place of creation
unknown
Technique
drawn
Material
paper
graphite
Keywords
theatre (art.)
Jewish (culture)
Copyrights status
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Owner
POLIN Museum of the History of Polish Jews
Identification number
MPOLIN-M1144
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.