Hedi Schick costume designs
Overview
Collection of costume designs in various media by Austrian-born artist and theater designer, Hedi Schick.
Dates
- Creation: 1933-1944 and undated
Creator
- Schick, Hedi, 1906-1999 (Person)
Condition Description
Many sheets show foxing and discoloration.
Conditions Governing Access
There are no restrictions on physical access to this material. Collection is open for research.
This collection is shelved offsite at the Harvard Depository. Retrieval requires advance notice. Readers should check with Houghton Public Services staff for retrieval policies and times.
Extent
.1 linear feet (1 box)More than 100 theatrical costume designs in various media, many annotated, few dated, most signed by the artist. Many designs date from Schick's time in London. Media include pen and ink, watercolor, pastel, and pencil.
Biographical / Historical
Hedwig (Hedi) Marie Schick (1906 Vienna -1999 London) was a Jewish émigrée artist and theater designer. In her younger years, she was strongly influenced by Oskar Kokoschka and Otto Dix; she studied at the Vienna Kunstgewerbeschule (School of Applied Arts), from which she graduated in the early 1930s. She escaped Nazi persecution in Austria during the late 1930s, going to Britain and working in London theater. She became a British citizen in 1947.
Arrangement
Arranged as received.
Physical Location
Harvard Depository
Immediate Source of Acquisition
2024MT-7. Purchased from Bromer Booksellers with the Beatrice, Benjamin and Richard Bader Fund in the Visual Arts of the Theatre, 2023 August 9.
Processing Information
This collection was processed to a basic level with minimal rehousing, organization, and preservation. (Melanie Wisner, 2023)
Genre / Form
Creator
- Schick, Hedi, 1906-1999 (Person)
- Title
- Schick, Hedi, 1906-1999. Hedi Schick costume designs, 1933-1944 and undated (MS Thr 2294): Guide.
- Status
- completed
- Author
- Houghton Library, Harvard University.
- Date
- 2023 September 1
- Description rules
- dacs
- Language of description
- eng
- EAD ID
- hou03595
Repository Details
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