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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black and white photography (lithograph)

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1-10: rough tracings of scenery 11-13: finished tracings of scenery 14: rough print 15-17: finished prints

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1-10: finished set design tracings 11, 12: finished light plot tracings 13-24: finished prints 25-90: rough plan and elevation tracings 91-98: rough plan and elevation prints 99-101: rough light plot prints 102: negative of ephemera for projection 103-106: rough sketches

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1, 2: finished tracings 3-3C: finished prints (duplicates) 4, 5: rough tracings

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1-10: finished plan, elevation, and lighting tracings 11-22: lighting instrument schedule, prop list, etc. prints 23-31: finished plan, elevation, and lighting prints 32-59: rough tracings 60-63: rough prints 64-66: rough sketches

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1: finished tracings 2, 2A: finished prints 3-7: rough tracings