[Tanaquil Le Clercq in costume for "Western Symphony," choreography by George Balanchine, costumes by Karinska]

Collection Artwork

Artist

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

Title

[Tanaquil Le Clercq in costume for "Western Symphony," choreography by George Balanchine, costumes by Karinska]

Creation date

mid-1950s

Materials

gelatin silver print

Person depicted

Tanaquil Le Clercq (Paris, France, 1929 – 2000, New York, New York)

Dimensions

paper size: 10 x 8 in.
image size: 9 1/8 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

1986.233

Object Type

Photographs

Marks

Handwritten in black ink, paper verso: Tanaquil Le Clercq [underlined in green pencil] / Western Symphony
Handwritten in blue pencil, paper verso, center: History #3 [“#3” encircled]
Handwritten in blue pencil, paper verso, center right: p. 96
Handwritten in orange pencil, paper verso, center right: 50 / 75 / 26 to 13 / [horizontal line] / 26 to 19 ½ / [horizontal line] / DP’S / [horizontal line] / CIANO
Handwritten in blue ink, paper verso, lower right, upside down: 3 [encircled] / 9 [encircled and scribbled through]
Handwritten in pencil, paper verso, lower left: 145 [encircled]
Two copyright/permissions stamps in red ink, paper verso

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