The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Working Script for the Stage from the Novel by Oscar Wilde with Original Images & Notes on the Text by Jim Dine
Artist: Jim Dine (American, born 1935)
Publisher: Petersburg Press (London, 1968)
Printer: Atelier Desjobert, Atelier Leblanc (Paris)
Binder: Rudolph Rieser (Cologne)
Author: Jim Dine (American, born 1935)
Author: Oscar Wilde (Irish | British, 1854-1900)
Date: 1968
Dimensions:
Page: H: 17 3/8 in. (441 mm); W: 12 1/4 in. (310 mm).
Medium: Lithographs and photolithographs
Classification: Books
Credit Line: Gift of Molly and Walter Bareiss
Object number: 1984.387A-G
Label Text:Jim Dine, The Picture of Dorian Gray: A Working Script for the Stage. Text by Oscar Wilde (1968)
Jean-Émile Laboureur, Le portrait de Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray). Text by Oscar Wilde (1928)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is playwright Oscar Wilde’s only novel. It is represented here in two very different formats by artists working 40 years apart. The novel tells the story of a London man who mysteriously remains youthful while his portrait takes on all the ugliness and decay of his decadent lifestyle.
A French translation of the novel was illustrated by French print maker Jean-Émile Laboureur, who had studied with Auguste Lepère and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
American artist Jim Dine’s portfolio includes lithographs of costume and prop designs for a London stage adaptation of the novel, along with an annotated copy of the script. The original setting of the novel was late Victorian London. The stage version—developed by Dine, Michael Kidd, and Michael White—was set in London in 1967’s Summer of Love. The play was never performed because James Fox, the lead actor, found the costumes to be obscene. His refusal to be involved forced the cancellation of the whole production.
Dine called the portfolio, “one of the most indulged things” he had ever done. This is only appropriate to the self-indulgent nature of Dorian Gray himself.
Jean-Émile Laboureur, Le portrait de Dorian Gray (The Picture of Dorian Gray). Text by Oscar Wilde (1928)
The Picture of Dorian Gray (1891) is playwright Oscar Wilde’s only novel. It is represented here in two very different formats by artists working 40 years apart. The novel tells the story of a London man who mysteriously remains youthful while his portrait takes on all the ugliness and decay of his decadent lifestyle.
A French translation of the novel was illustrated by French print maker Jean-Émile Laboureur, who had studied with Auguste Lepère and Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec.
American artist Jim Dine’s portfolio includes lithographs of costume and prop designs for a London stage adaptation of the novel, along with an annotated copy of the script. The original setting of the novel was late Victorian London. The stage version—developed by Dine, Michael Kidd, and Michael White—was set in London in 1967’s Summer of Love. The play was never performed because James Fox, the lead actor, found the costumes to be obscene. His refusal to be involved forced the cancellation of the whole production.
Dine called the portfolio, “one of the most indulged things” he had ever done. This is only appropriate to the self-indulgent nature of Dorian Gray himself.
DescriptionOriginal prints: 12 lithographs in colors, plus a suite of 6 color lithographs (framed separately).
Reproductions: photolithographs of ink drawings annotating the text.
Text: photolithography in black (typeface: typewriter).
Paper: Arches white wove paper.
Reproductions: photolithographs of ink drawings annotating the text.
Text: photolithography in black (typeface: typewriter).
Paper: Arches white wove paper.
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