Costume design for Olimpia in Tales of Hoffmann (Eisenstein)

Sergei Eisenstein, Costume design for Olimpia in Offenbach's Tales of Hoffmann (1921). Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 1923, op. 1, ed. khr. 735: 14.

From The Director's Prism: E. T. A. Hoffmann and the Russian Theatrical Avant-Garde by Dassia N. Posner

In this costume design, Olimpia, the beautiful automaton in Tales of Hoffmann, is assembled from unnatural cubist shapes that together create a vague impression that she is on the verge of breaking, despite the cheerful look on her doll-like face. See book: p. 145
Creator(s)	Eisenstein, Sergei
Creator Role	artist
Contributor(s)	Offenbach, Jacques (composer)
Subjects	Performing Arts
Date	September 23, 1921
Related Section	Chapter 3: Peregrinus Tyss Meets Pipifax: Eisenstein, the Grotesque, and the Attraction
Keywords	Hoffmann grotesque creative process simultaneous juxtaposition automata
Content Type	costume design
Language	Russian
Citable Link	Citable Link

Rightsholder	Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, Moscow
Copyright Status	in-copyright
Rights Granted	non-exclusive, one-time, world rights in all languages
Credit Line	Russian State Archive of Literature and Art, f. 1923, op. 1, ed. khr. 735: 14
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