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556 - 16 programs of the [American] Ballet Theatre. New York, various editions, 1940–1959, 4to (a few small stains, creases, and loose pages; otherwise in good overall condition). Stapled, illustrated covers (a few tears, stains, or foxing spots; a few spines with slight cracks and small rust marks; otherwise in good condition). A collection of programs from the Ballet Theatre company, founded in New York in 1940, up until the creation of the American Ballet Theatre, which succeeded it in 1957: seasons 1940, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53 (2 different programs), 1954–55, 1956, and 1958–59. Cover illustrations by renowned artists such as Marc Chagall, Marcel Vertès, Eugène Berman, and Paul Cadmus. Set, curtain, and costume designs, as well as ballet sketches, by B. Aronson, M. Chagall, E. Degas, M. Doboujinsky, S. Soudeikine, and others. Numerous photographs (portraits and stage shots) of the artists, including Lucia Chase, Anton Dolin, Nana Gollner, Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, Alicia Markova, and Igor Youskevitch, many of them by Maurice Seymour, George Platt Lynes, and Paul Radkai. Some booklets contain leaflets and/or newspaper clippings. Included: 1. The Mordkin Ballet: Season 1938–1939. NY, R. Orthwine Corp. 4to, stapled (slight creases). Color and black-and-white sketches by Soudeikine, Sorine, Simonson, etc. - 2. 42 photographs from portfolios, press releases, rehearsals, and premieres of American dance companies (The American Ballet Theatre, The New York City Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Merce Cunningham Dance Company), dating from the 1960s and 1970s. Silver gelatin prints, approx. 25x21 cm, some captioned and stamped on the reverse. A few duplicates. Among the dancers and choreographers photographed are José Limón, Twyla Tharp, Susan Emery, Chris Komar, Louise Burns, Ellen Cornfield, Barbara Sandonato, Arthur Mitchell, Peter Martins, Bonnie Mathis, Ted Kivitt, Russel Chambers, Richard Cotton, and Gregory Huffman. Signed by Penny Brogden, Lois Greenfield, Terry Stevenson, etc.
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16 programs of the [American] Ballet Theatre. New York, various editions, 1940–1959, 4to (a few small stains, creases, and loose pages; otherwise in good overall condition). Stapled, illustrated covers (a few tears, stains, or foxing spots; a few spines with slight cracks and small rust marks; otherwise in good condition). A collection of programs from the Ballet Theatre company, founded in New York in 1940, up until the creation of the American Ballet Theatre, which succeeded it in 1957: seasons 1940, 1941–42, 1942–43, 1943–44, 1944–45, 1945–46, 1946–47, 1947–48, 1949–50, 1950–51, 1951–52, 1952–53 (2 different programs), 1954–55, 1956, and 1958–59. Cover illustrations by renowned artists such as Marc Chagall, Marcel Vertès, Eugène Berman, and Paul Cadmus. Set, curtain, and costume designs, as well as ballet sketches, by B. Aronson, M. Chagall, E. Degas, M. Doboujinsky, S. Soudeikine, and others. Numerous photographs (portraits and stage shots) of the artists, including Lucia Chase, Anton Dolin, Nana Gollner, Nora Kaye, Hugh Laing, Alicia Markova, and Igor Youskevitch, many of them by Maurice Seymour, George Platt Lynes, and Paul Radkai. Some booklets contain leaflets and/or newspaper clippings. Included: 1. The Mordkin Ballet: Season 1938–1939. NY, R. Orthwine Corp. 4to, stapled (slight creases). Color and black-and-white sketches by Soudeikine, Sorine, Simonson, etc. - 2. 42 photographs from portfolios, press releases, rehearsals, and premieres of American dance companies (The American Ballet Theatre, The New York City Ballet, The Joffrey Ballet, The Pennsylvania Ballet, The Merce Cunningham Dance Company), dating from the 1960s and 1970s. Silver gelatin prints, approx. 25x21 cm, some captioned and stamped on the reverse. A few duplicates. Among the dancers and choreographers photographed are José Limón, Twyla Tharp, Susan Emery, Chris Komar, Louise Burns, Ellen Cornfield, Barbara Sandonato, Arthur Mitchell, Peter Martins, Bonnie Mathis, Ted Kivitt, Russel Chambers, Richard Cotton, and Gregory Huffman. Signed by Penny Brogden, Lois Greenfield, Terry Stevenson, etc.
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