L'Oeuvre de Stowitts pour Fay-Yen-Fah: Opera en 3 Actes by Hubert Julian Stowitts - 1928

Carmel, CA: The Stowitts Line, 1982.. Color poster. 28 x 20 inches. Reproduction is from The Work of Stowitts for Fay-Yen-Fah, Paris, 1927, depicting authentic Chinese Court costumes of the Han and T'ang Dynasties.Piccuted is a runner who brings the Vicroy information about visitors.Anna Pavlova discovered Stowitts dancing at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in the summer of 1915 and invited him to join her ballet company. He canceled graduate studies at Harvard and embarked on an adventure of excitement and romance that took him to the major stages of the Americas and Europe where stardom awaited. He left Pavlova's company to settle in Paris and pursue a solo career. Now a star in his own right he appeared in London, Stockholm, Madrid and New York. In Paris Stowitts starred in the 1924 Folies-Bergère with dazzling costumes by Erté. Few dancers have the courage to retire in their prime, especially when "trained down to racehorse shape," as Stowitts described himself. Even fewer have the courage… Read More

Carmel, CA: The Stowitts Line, 1982.. Color poster. 28 x 20 inches. Reproduction is from The Work of Stowitts for Fay-Yen-Fah, Paris, 1927, depicting authentic Chinese Court costumes of the Han and T'ang Dynasties.Pictured is an ascetic in the garb of Confucius. From his staff hangs a bunch of sacred leave,a gourd and fruit.Anna Pavlova discovered Stowitts dancing at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in the summer of 1915 and invited him to join her ballet company. He canceled graduate studies at Harvard and embarked on an adventure of excitement and romance that took him to the major stages of the Americas and Europe where stardom awaited. He left Pavlova's company to settle in Paris and pursue a solo career. Now a star in his own right he appeared in London, Stockholm, Madrid and New York. In Paris Stowitts starred in the 1924 Folies-Bergère with dazzling costumes by Erté. Few dancers have the courage to retire in their prime, especially when "trained down to racehorse shape," as Stowitts… Read More

Carmel, CA: The Stowitts Line, 1982.. Color poster. 28 x 20 inches. Reproduction is from The Work of Stowitts for Fay-Yen-Fah, Paris, 1927, depicting authentic Chinese Court costumes of the Han and T'ang Dynasties.Pictured in the garb used by court ladies of the 4th Century.Anna Pavlova discovered Stowitts dancing at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in the summer of 1915 and invited him to join her ballet company. He canceled graduate studies at Harvard and embarked on an adventure of excitement and romance that took him to the major stages of the Americas and Europe where stardom awaited. He left Pavlova's company to settle in Paris and pursue a solo career. Now a star in his own right he appeared in London, Stockholm, Madrid and New York. In Paris Stowitts starred in the 1924 Folies-Bergère with dazzling costumes by Erté. Few dancers have the courage to retire in their prime, especially when "trained down to racehorse shape," as Stowitts described himself. Even fewer have the courage at age 33… Read More

Carmel, CA: The Stowitts Line, 1982.. Color poster. 28 x 20 inches. Reproduction is from The Work of Stowitts for Fay-Yen-Fah, Paris, 1927, depicting authentic Chinese Court costumes of the Han and T'ang Dynasties.Pictured in the garb used by the Empress Dowager.Anna Pavlova discovered Stowitts dancing at the Greek Theater in Berkeley in the summer of 1915 and invited him to join her ballet company. He canceled graduate studies at Harvard and embarked on an adventure of excitement and romance that took him to the major stages of the Americas and Europe where stardom awaited. He left Pavlova's company to settle in Paris and pursue a solo career. Now a star in his own right he appeared in London, Stockholm, Madrid and New York. In Paris Stowitts starred in the 1924 Folies-Bergère with dazzling costumes by Erté. Few dancers have the courage to retire in their prime, especially when "trained down to racehorse shape," as Stowitts described himself. Even fewer have the courage at age 33 to launch… Read More

Hollywood, CA: George Palmer Putnam Inc., 1939. Limited Signed Edition. Buckram cloth. Near Fine. No. 371 of 400 limitation. Printed by Bernard Freres and plates engraved by Deichel-Ploquin in 1928. Folio, 15.5 by 13.5 inches, 40 by 34 cm. 44 pp, followed by 50 color plates with text on versos. With a total of 53 tipped-in, full page color plates, and 6 other tipped-in color illustrations, along with some red and gilt text illustrations or ornamentation. This is an elaborately produced, unique volume containing the classic Chinese Opera "Fay-Yen-Fah", along with the traditional designs, costumes and decor, as illustrated in Stowitts decorations and color plates. Hubert Julian "Jay" Stowitts (1892-1953) was a true polymath -- a gifted athlete, he willed himself to become a dancer after being swept away watching a performance, and within a few years he was discovered by the famed Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova and traveled as a successful dancer throughout the Americas and Europe, becoming the… Read More