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Lee Simonson

Lee Simonson was an American architect painter, stage setting designer.

Literary works
(from left): Lawrence Langner, Philip Moeller, Theresa Helburn, Maurice Wertheim, Helen Westley, Lee Simonson (1923) • “Skyscrapers for Art Museums” The American Mercury, August 1927, pages 399-404 • "Minor Prophecies" New York, Harcourt and Brace, 1927 • "The Stage Is Set", New York, Dover Publications, 1932 • (with Theodore Komisarjevsky): "Settings and Costumes of the Modern Stage" New York Studio Productions, 1933 • Isaacs, Edith J.R., editor: "Architecture for the New Theater" Lee Simonson: "Theater Planning" New York Theater Arts, 1935 • Part of a lifetime: Drawings and Designs 1919-1940, Duell, Sloan and Pearce, New York 1943 • The Art of Scenic Design; A Pictorial Analysis of Stage Setting and its relation to Theatrical Production, 1950 ==Exhibitions==
Exhibitions
• "Modern American Design in Metal" Newark Museum March 19 - April 18, 1929 included Simonson, Donald Deskey and William Zorach • "International Exhibition of Theater Art", Museum of Modern Art, January 15- February 25, 1934, more than 700 drawings and models from 14 countries. After the MoMA venue, the exhibition traveled to Worcester, Providence, Pittsburgh, St. Louis, Chicago and Buffalo • Harvard Contemporary Art Society 1932, exhibition included Simonson, Bel Geddes, Robert Jones, Monsine, Ornslegger ==References==
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