Artwork File, 1993
Scope and Contents
A visifile containing original artwork relating to the Spitting Swanns Limited theatrical production of Sergei Prokofiev's Peter and the Wolf symphonic tale. This artwork is comprised of pencil drawings done by Spitting Image Workshop artists, Pablo Bach and Oscar Da Costa. The vast majority of the file's contents are caricature drawings of individuals involved or represented in the production, and were used as the basis for creating puppets. There are caricatures of the following people: Claudio Abbado, Johann Sebastian Bach, Roberto Benigni, Leonard Bernstein, Joseph Haydn, Roy Hudd, Herbert von Karajan, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Franz Schubert, Sting, and Richard Wagner.
There is also a sheet of paper with a storyboard for the production, drawn in pencil. This piece of paper is labelled as '5,' which suggests that at least another four pages of this storyboard once existed. However, these other pages are not present in the archive.
All the items in this file are labelled with their original 'SI' reference number.
Dates
- Creation: 1993
Creator
- Bach, Pablo, b 1962 (Artist) (Person)
- Costa, Oscar da, fl 1990s-2020s (Artist) (Person)
- Spitting Image Productions Limited (TV/Film Production Company) (1981-) (United Kingdom) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
See sub-level descriptions for information on access conditions.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright - held by Roger Law.
Extent
1 file(s) (A visifile.) : Paper
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
These items were originally held in SI Portfolio 3, but have subsequently been removed and placed into their own file for ease of access.
Separated Materials
See parent record.
Subject
- Abbado, Claudio, 1933-2014 (Conductor) (Person)
- Bach, Johann Sebastian, 1685-1750 (composer) (Person)
- Benigni, Roberto Remigio, b 1952 (Actor) (Person)
- Bernstein, Leonard, 1918-1990 (Composer and Conductor) (Person)
- Haydn, Franz Joseph, 1732-1809 (composer) (Person)
- Hudd, Roy, OBE, 1936-2020 (Actor, Author and Broadcaster) (Person)
- Karajan, Herbert von, 1908-1989 (Conductor) (Person)
- Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 1756-1791 (Austrian composer) (Person)
- Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich, 1891-1953 (Composer) (Person)
- Schubert, Franz Peter, 1797-1828 (Composer) (Person)
- Sting, CBE, b 1951 (Musician) (Person)
- Wagner, Wilhelm Richard, 1813-1883 (Composer) (Person)
Repository Details
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