Model, The Lehman Trilogy

Staged 2018, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK and Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York, USA

“A revolving glass box propels the action of The Lehman Trilogy, a parable that follows three generations of the Lehman family to chart the rise and periodic crashes of capitalism. Cardboard bankers boxes formed the foundations of the visual vocabulary. The more we invested the boxes with meaning, the more poignant the revelation became that those containers of cotton and coffee would become containers of financial records and numbers, ultimately revealing themselves to contain nothing at all.”

—Es Devlin

Black rectangular structure with no walls housing office furniture and a ceiling with several squares of white light; inside are three people, one standing on the table. Behind the structure is a hazy stripe of white light that cuts across the black background.
Production photograph, The Lehman Trilogy
By Stefano Massini and Ben Power, staged 2018, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK, and 2019, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York, USA
Courtesy of Es Devlin
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Black rectangular structure with no walls housing office furniture and a ceiling with several squares of which two are lit; inside are three people, one sitting on the table. Behind the structure is a stripe of white light that cuts across the black background.
Production photograph, The Lehman Trilogy
By Stefano Massini and Ben Power, staged 2018, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK, and 2019, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York, USA
Courtesy of Es Devlin
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Elevated on a thin pole is a model of a midcentury-styled office with a table, chairs, and boxes. The space is inhabited by three small figures.
Es Devlin, Model, The Lehman Trilogy, Painted MDF, acrylic, cardstock, 3D-printed resin, brass, and LED, recreated for exhibition.
By Stefano Massini and Ben Power, staged 2018, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK, and 2019, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York, USA
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution
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Elevated on a thin pole is a model of a midcentury-styled office with a table, chairs, and boxes. The space is inhabited by three small figures.
Es Devlin, Model, The Lehman Trilogy, Painted MDF, acrylic, cardstock, 3D-printed resin, brass, and LED, recreated for exhibition.
By Stefano Massini and Ben Power, staged 2018, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK, and 2019, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York, USA
Photo: Elliot Goldstein © Smithsonian Institution
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Numbered list of handwritten text describing a process. Three phrases are underlined: “the idea,” “the shape of history,” and “the order.”
Study, The Lehman Trilogy, Pen and ink on paper.
By Stefano Massini and Ben Power, staged 2018, Royal National Theatre, Lyttelton, London, UK, and 2019, Park Avenue Armory, New York, New York, USA
Courtesy of Es Devlin
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