Collection Artwork
A black-and-white photograph of a man facing the camera and looking down at his outstretched arm silhouetted on a gradient backdrop.
A black-and-white photograph of a man facing the camera and looking down at his outstretched arm silhouetted on a gradient backdrop.
[George Balanchine]
photographed 1959
gelatin silver print
George Balanchine (Saint Petersburg, Russia, 1904 – 1983, New York, New York)
Henri Cartier-Bresson (Chanteloup, Seine-et-Marne, France, 1908 – 2004, Cereste, France)
paper size: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
image size: 9 3/8 x 7 1/2 in.
Gift of Robert Tracy, Class of 1977
photographed at the School of American Ballet, New York, New York, United States, North America
1986.329
Handwritten in black ink, paper verso, upper left: George Balanchine
Stamped in blue ink, paper verso, upper left: NEW YORK CITY BALLET / NEW YORK STATE THEATER / LINCOLN CENTER PLAZA / NEW YORK, NEW YORK 10023 / (212) TR 7-4700
Handwritten in blue ink, paper verso, center: George
Stamped in blue ink, paper verso, center, on diagonal: PROPERTY OF / NEW [illegible] VISION / FIELD ENTERPRISES, INC.
Stamped in red ink, paper verso, center: DAILY NEWS / NOV 9 1963
Newspaper clipping adhered, paper verso, center: BALANCHINE’S / BALLET / donal j. henahan / explores / the founding of / a tradition [“BALANCHINE” encircled in blue ink; “donal j. henahan” underlined in blue ink; “henahan” encircled and scribbled through in blue ink]

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