Overview From the Collection: Peter Wexler (1936 - 2022) worked for seven decades in performance art, as a designer of scenery, costumes, lighting, concerts, performance space, and outdoor concert facilities, as well as a producer and as a studio artist. He studied at the University of Michigan, graduating in 1958, and attended the Yale School of Drama. The Peter Wexler papers contain materials from his professional career from 1948 to 1969. This collection includes programs, reviews, correspondence,...

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1, 2: construction drawings

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1-9: finished construction drawing tracings 10-23: random early construction drawing tracings 24, 25: rough prints 26-34: rough construction drawing prints 35: lighting instrument schedule

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1: building plan print 2-6: apartment plan tracings 7, 8: prints of apartment plan 9-11: apartment plan in corner of basement 12-23: furniture and installation drawings/tracings 24, 25: prints of furniture and installation drawings 26:Bristol board furniture in-scale cutouts (envelope)

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1-6: full set finished plan and elevation tracings 7-11: finished plan and elevation prints 11A-20: rough drawings/tracings 21: master list

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1, 2: finished tracings 3: finished print 4-7: rough tracings

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A: sketch of YMHA (Manhattan) theatre dimensions 1-5: finished plan and elevation tracings 6: element sheet on tracing paper 7-12: finished plan and elevation prints 13: element sheet prints 14-30: rough tracings

Scope and Contents 1, 2: finished tracings 3-41: small nightly production number sketches 42-51: large nightly production number sketches 52-55: bound set I: home base and production number finished prints 56-66: bound set II: home base and production number finished prints 67-75: bound set III: home base and production number finished prints 76-82: bound set IV: home base and production number finished prints 83-89: bound set V: home base and production number finished prints 90-97: bound set VI: home base...

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1-12: original construction drawing tracings 13, 14: original light plot tracings 15-21: original construction drawing tracings 22-34: brown line construction drawing tracings 35, 36: preliminary construction drawing tracings 37-54: bound set: finished prints 55, 56: finished light plot prints 57: loose finished print 58: loose rough print 59-75: loose rough tracings 76-126: charts 127-142: lists 143-145: rough sketches 146: velour sample

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1-21: finished tracings 22-24: item chart 25-33: item descriptions 34-69: bound set I: finished prints 70-82A: bound set II: finished prints 83-103: loose rough prints 104-110: various rough tracings 111-116: rough sketches