Harry Aaron Kernoff, English, 1900-1974
Title: Olympia Theatre, from Top Box
Date: 1935
Medium: Graphite on paper
Dimensions:
62.6 x 45.5 cm
Signed: lower centre: 21/ 35
Credit Line: Presented, Miss Lina Kernoff, 1975
Object Number: NGI.7766.308
DescriptionKernoff circulated in Dublin's literary and theatrical worlds, drawing and painting portraits of figures like Flann O'Brien and Brendan Behan, and designing sets and costumes for the Dublin Drama League and the Little Theatre, South William Street. The Gallery holds some of his set designs for Seán O'Casey's The Shadow of a Gunman and The Silver Tassie; Lord Dunsany's The Glittering Gate; and Georg Kaiser's Gas.
This preparatory sketch, with extensive colour notes, was probably intended for a finished watercolour or oil painting.
This preparatory sketch, with extensive colour notes, was probably intended for a finished watercolour or oil painting.
Inscriptionlower centre: Olympia Theatre, from top box - Sat 21/ 35