T. Lux Feininger

Scetch Three vs. One* II. Performers: Albert Mentzel, Karla Grosch

Sketsch Drei gegen Eine II. Darsteller: Albert Mentzel, Karla Grosch

Repro: MAIN

1928, in Dessau
Negative untracable
Copy Prints:
I. Bauhaus-Archiv / Museum für Gestaltung, Berlin, Inv. No.: Donation Dirk Scheper, silver gelatin print, 85 x 1116 mm. Verso inscr. by another hand: Sketsch drei gegen eine Karla Grosch Menzel, and: 1929 nach O.S.
[The Sketch 'Three (men) vs. One (woman)*', a dadaist piece of c. 14 minutes, conceived and performed by the Young Group* at the stage class of the Bauhaus Dessau, had its first public appearance in November 1928. The students Karla Grosch, Werner Feist, Georg Hartmann and Albert Mentzel had teamed up in the winter semester 1928/29 to jointly create new and more political shows. Cast: Karla Grosch (Girl), Albert Menzel (Lover), Werner Siedhoff (Gangster), Georg Hartmann (Policeman). - Oskar Schlemmer integrated the Sketch into the official touring program of the Bauhaus Stage.]
Themes: Bauhaus, Bauhaus-Stage