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Robert Edmond Jones

Robert Edmond Jones

Artist

WA-00027780

Drawing

Representation

None documented

5

Institutional Exhibitions

15

Works in Collection

28

Assets Indexed

1

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Publications Referenced

80%

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Authority Records (3)

WikidataQ7343960 ULAN500024504

Selected Institutional Exhibitions

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Modern Art in Your Life

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1949

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World of Illusion: Elements of Stage Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1947–1948

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Stage Design by Robert Edmund Jones

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1945

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Dance and Theatre Design

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1944

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International Exhibition of Theatre Art

Museum of Modern Art, New York

1934

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BiographyMoMA· 93%✓

Source Registry (1)

MoMA bulk 2026-05-04https://www.moma.org/artists/2937
Tier 1 · Institutional92%

About

Why this artist matters now

Robert Edmond Jones was an American stage designer and theorist whose innovative scenic approaches fundamentally transformed theatrical production in the early twentieth century. Working primarily in New York from the 1910s onward, he developed a modernist vocabulary of simplified forms, atmospheric lighting, and symbolic color that rejected the literal pictorial sets of his predecessors. His designs for productions at the Theatre Guild and other major venues established him as a foundational figure in American avant-garde theater practice. Jones also authored influential writings on stagecraft that shaped subsequent generations of designers.

Source: Moma Bulk 2026 05 04 · Trust score: 92% · Updated 29d ago

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Institutional

Museum Collections

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern ArtNew York

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Artworks (15)

Tones to be Used on Floor Cloth. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

Tones to be Used on Floor Cloth. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

1947 · Watercolor and felt-tip pen on paperboard

15 x 10" (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Color for Screen Door and Window Screen. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

Color for Screen Door and Window Screen. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

1947 · Gouache and felt-tip pen on paperboard

15 x 10" (38.1 x 25.4 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

1947 · Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and felt-tip pen on paper

20 x 30" (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Stone in Yard. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

Stone in Yard. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

1947 · Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and felt-tip pen on paperboard

10 x 15" (25.4 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Side Walls of Set. Set design for the play The Iceman Cometh

Side Walls of Set. Set design for the play The Iceman Cometh

1946 · Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and felt-tip pen on paper

20 x 29 3/4" (50.8 x 75.6 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Section of Rear Wall. Set design for the play The Iceman Cometh

Section of Rear Wall. Set design for the play The Iceman Cometh

1946 · Watercolor, gouache, pencil, and felt-tip pen on paper

20 x 30" (50.8 x 76.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Color of Sky. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

Color of Sky. Set design for the play A Moon for the Misbegotten

1946 · Gouache, watercolor, pencil, and felt-tip pen on paperboard

20 x 15" (50.8 x 38.1 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Duel between Cassio and Roderigo: Set design for Othello

1937 · Ink and crayon on paper

13 x 15 1/4" (29.5 x 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Bedroom: Set design for Othello

1937 · Ink and crayon on paper

11 5/8 x 14 1/4" (29.5 x 36.2 cm)

Museum of Modern Art

Costume Design for a Baker, for Nijinski's "Till Eulenspiegel"

1916 · Colored crayons on black paper

Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (29.2 × 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Costume Design for a Police Officer, for Nijinski's "Till Eulenspiegel"

1916 · Colored crayons on black paper

Sheet: 11 1/2 × 9 1/2 in. (29.2 × 24.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Trenton Falls, New York

Trenton Falls, New York

1836 · Watercolor, gouache, graphite, and sgraffito on light tan wove paper

16 1/4 x 10 1/2 in. (41.3 x 26.7 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Hunting and fishing scenes

Hunting and fishing scenes

1769 · Linen and cotton

W. 39 in. (99.1 cm), L. 81 1/8 in. (206.1 cm)

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Printed cotton

1761 · Cotton and linen

L. 110 1/2 x W. 82 inches 280.7 x 208.3 cm

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

Panel (Furnishing Fabric)

1761 · Linen and cotton, plain weave; copperplate printed

210.9 × 133.9 cm (83 1/8 × 52 3/4 in.); Warp repeat: H.: 204.1 cm (80 3/8 in.)

Art Institute of Chicago

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Artwork sources (3)

15 published of 24 catalogued · 18 with image

MoMA
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The Met
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Art Institute Chicago
1 published1 img

Record

Images

Chauve-Souris (program) (c. 1922)

Smithsonian Institution

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Panel (Furnishing Fabric) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Panel (Furnishing Fabric) (Art Institute of Chicago)

Art Institute of Chicago

Relationships

3

Collections3

The Metropolitan Museum of Art Art Institute of Chicago Museum of Modern Art

Institutional

Representation & Collections

In collection

The Metropolitan Museum of Art

In collection

Art Institute of Chicago

In collection

Museum of Modern Art

New York, US