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A black-and-white photograph portrait of a woman facing the camera wearing wings, a large headdress with protruding sticks and a mask around her eyes.
A black-and-white photograph portrait of a woman facing the camera wearing wings, a large headdress with protruding sticks and a mask around her eyes.
A black-and-white photograph portrait of a woman facing the camera wearing wings, a large headdress with protruding sticks and a mask around her eyes.
A black-and-white photograph portrait of a woman facing the camera wearing wings, a large headdress with protruding sticks and a mask around her eyes.
Artist
Walter E. Owen
Title
[Tanaquil Le Clercq in "Metamorphoses," choreography by George Balanchine, costumes by Karinska]
Creation date
probably 1952
Materials
gelatin silver print
Person depicted
Tanaquil Le Clercq (Paris, France, 1929 – 2000, New York, New York)
Dimensions
paper size: 10 x 8 1/8 in.
image size: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Credit Line
Gift of Robert Tracy, Class of 1977
Place of Creation
probably photographed in New York, New York, United States, North America
Accession Number
1986.451
Object Type
Photographs
Marks
Stamped, lower right: WALTER E. OWE [sic] / NEW YORK
Stamped, verso, upper center: NEW YORK CITY BALLET / TANAQUIL LECLERCQ
Inscribed, verso, upper center, below stamp: Metamorphoses / by Walter Owen / Courtesy Dance Collection
Inscribed, verso, upper left: 65.

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