Ben Fuller, telephonist and doorman at the Windmill Theatre, drawing by Zsuzsi Roboz

1964

From the collection of Victoria and Albert Museum

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Ben Fuller, telephonist and doorman at the Windmill Theatre, drawing by Zsuzsi Roboz is a 1964 by Zsuzsi Roboz, held at Victoria and Albert Museum.

Who painted this?: Zsuzsi Roboz
When & what style?: 1964
Where can I see it?: Victoria and Albert Museum

About this work

Zsuzsi Roboz sketched Ben Fuller at work in 1964. He was the telephonist and doorman at London’s Windmill Theatre. This is one of many backstage drawings she made before the theatre closed that October. Roboz’s drawings were shown in a one-man show the next year. In 1975 they became lithographs. Later, these works traveled to the V&A for an exhibition about the Windmill. Look up the Victoria and Albert Museum next.

The story of this work

Overview

A 1964 drawing by Zsuzsi Roboz depicts Ben Fuller, a telephonist and doorman at the Windmill Theatre. The work was created as part of a series of backstage sketches commissioned by theatre owner Sheila Van Damm before the Windmill’s closure in October 1964. Roboz, a London-based Hungarian painter known for her portraiture and depictions of the arts, later exhibited these drawings and expanded them into lithographs. Her Windmill-related works were also featured in later exhibitions, including a 1978 display at the Victoria and Albert Museum.

Read the full account in the museum source.