T. Lux Feininger

Glass Dance III. Performer: Karla Grosch (in glass costume)

Glastanz III. Darstellerin: Karla Grosch (im Glaskostüm)

Repro: MAIN

1929, in Dessau
Glass negative, 90 x 118 mm
Prints known:
1. Private collection, vintage, gelatin silver print, 100 x 132 mm. Verso inscr. by the artist: T. Lux Feininger glass Costume by Oscar Schlemmer photo Lux Feininger, in red: x, o, in black: o, green label: 150, C77, white label: Germanic Museum LOAN 83.49, further inscr.: 83.49, and Inv. Nr.
2. Private collection, vintage, gelatin silver print, 100 x 132 mm. Verso inscr. by the artist: (c) T. Lux Feininger glass Costume by Oscar Schlemmer, white label: Germanic Museum LOAN 105.49, further inscr.: 105.49, and Inv. Nr.
[Bauhaus stage Dessau, conceived and directed by Oskar Schlemmer.
The premiere of this performance of c. two minutes took place as part of the matinee show of the Bauhaus-Stage at the Volksbühne Berlin, on 3 March 1929. The effect of the Glass Dance lies in the uncontollable interplay of material and light.]

Scheper: "... The dancer, dressed in a black leotard, wears a bell jar over her head which rests on a collar-disc situated on her shoulders; small glass sheres are hanging from the disc. On her hips she wears a larger disc with long glass rods attached... Each hand holds a string with either a glass sphere or a glass club attached."* [209, p. 194-195]

TLF: "Karla Grosch in glass costume by Oskar Schlemmer, blurred photo ... [photos] were taken under Oskar Schlemmer's direction" [201]
Themes: Bauhaus, Bauhaus-Stage