Edward Hopper’s Night Shadows

A scale model of a theatrical set, representing a block of Washington Heights, Manhattan

Set model for Off Broadway production of In the Heights

Three loosely executed set designs arranged one above the other on off-white paper.

Photograph by Robert Kato

Jo Mielziner (1901–1976)
Preliminary studies for the Broadway production of Death of a Salesman
Graphite, ink, and colored pencil on lined paper, 1948
Jules Fisher Collection of Jo Mielziner designs, Billy Rose Theatre Division, The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center

Preliminary studies for the Broadway production of Death of a Salesman

Jo Mielziner was among the most celebrated and prolific set, costume, and lighting designers of the 20th century. He gave three-dimensional life to the original productions of such Broadway masterpieces as Carousel, The Crucible, The King and I, South Pacific, and A Streetcar Named Desire. Mielziner created these subdued preliminary studies for the original Broadway production of Arthur Miller’s Death of a Salesman that premiered in 1949, winning multiple Tony awards and the Pulitzer Prize in Drama.

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