Catalogue entry
RLCR 4114.1-2 (RL 5505.1-2)
Headdress and Costume Design
c. 1992
Title Source
RLFMedia
Felt, printed fabricDimensions
Dress: 55 7/8 x 43 5/16 in. (142 x 110 cm); collar (laying flat): 22 7/16 x 26 3/4 in. (57 x 68 cm)Headdress: 20 1/16 x 15 3/4 x 11 13/16 in. (51 x 40 x 30 cm)
Inscriptions
Neither signed nor datedKeyword
DesignPhoto: KHM Museumsverband, Theatermuseum Vienna (all Primary Images)
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Provenance
Bundestheater, Vienna [Art for Art Theaterservice, Vienna, 1999]
Literature
Brandstätter, Christian, and Wolfgang Balk, eds. André Heller Bilderleben, Öffentliches und Privates, 1947–2000. Vienna: Deutscher Taschenbuch, 2000, pp. 156–157 color ill. (double spread; with Maria Bill during 1993 performance).
Archival Material
From Other Archives and Repositories: Maria Bill as Egyptian on the set of Sein und Schein, Burgtheater, ViennaClick image to view.
From Other Archives and Repositories: Lichtenstein with André Heller and a model wearing a preliminary dress design at Palais Schwarzenberg, Vienna, February 17, 1992. Dress made under the supervision of Susanne Schmögner at Costume Workshops of Bundestheater, Vienna.
Photo: © Christine de Grancy, Wien, AustriaClick image to view.
Entry Updated October 26, 2023
Fabricator: Costume Workshops of Bundestheater, Vienna (responsible: Susanne Schmögner)
Commissioned by André Heller.
Lichtenstein originally designed the headdress for Jessye Norman for her intended role in a never realized Heller TV production of Aida. The dress design was sketched later, for Heller's play Sein und Schein in which Maria Bill was wearing the full costume in her role as an Egyptian girl. Sein und Schein premiered at the Burgtheater in Vienna on January 19, 1993.