[Maria Tallchief as the Firebird in "Firebird," choreography by George Balanchine]

Collection Artwork

Title

[Maria Tallchief as the Firebird in "Firebird," choreography by George Balanchine]

Creation date

1949

Materials

gelatin silver print, white ink

Photographer

George Platt Lynes (East Orange, New Jersey, 1907 – 1955, New York)

Person depicted

Maria Tallchief (Fairfax, Oklahoma, 1925 – 2013, Chicago, Illinois)

Dimensions

paper size: 10 x 8 1/8 in.
image size: 7 3/8 x 7 3/8 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

1986.237

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Inscribed in black ink, paper verso, left center, sideways: MARIA TALLCHIEF [“TALLCHIEF” underlined in green pencil] / Firebird / George Platt Lynes / DANCE COLLECTION
Inscribed in green pencil, lower right, sideways: 42 to 26 / [horizontal line] / DP / [horizontal line] / CIANO
Inscribed in orange pencil, paper verso, upper center: 109+
Inscribed in blue ink, paper verso, lower left, sideways: 118.
Inscribed in pencil, paper verso, lower left: 150 [encircled]
Two copyright stamps in red link, paper verso, center right

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