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,...

Scope and Contents 1-1C: plans of lighting design Problem #8 2-2C: sketches with copies 3: preliminary set sketches 4, 4A: paint elevation with reverse 5, 5A: early scene sketches with reverse 6, 6A: rough model and costume with reverse 7, 7A: final scene sketch with reverse 8, 8A: final scene sketch of interior with reverse 9-25: construction drawings/original tracings of design 26, 26A: plan prints 27-42A: design plan prints 43: lighting tracing 43A, 43B: lighting plan print 44: lighting instrument...

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1: ground plan tracing (sheet no. 1 December 25th) 2: ground plan with lighting tracing (sheet no. 1 December 19th) 3: lighting tracing (sheet no. 2) 4: front elevation tracing (sheet no. 4) 5-7: construction details tracings 8-19: random early tracings of construction details 20, 21: sketches (tracings) 22-27: prints of construction details

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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