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Wire Costume from Oskar Schlemmer's "Triadic Ballet"

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Karl Grill

German Photographer · 1889–1966

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Karl Grill was active as a photographer in the city of Donaueschingen, Germany in the 1920s.

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Date: 1926
Medium: Gelatin silver print
Culture: German
Department: Photographs
Institution: Getty Museum

In 1922, Oskar Schlemmer premiered his "Triadic Ballet" in Germany. He named the piece "Triadic" because it was literally composed of multiples of three: three acts, colors, dancers, and shapes. Concentrating on its form and movement, Schlemmer explored the body's spatial relationship to its architectural surroundings. Although an abstract design, the spiral costume derived from the tutus of classical ballet.

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