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[Dirty dancing
- Title
- [Dirty dancing / Alice Simpson].
- Author
- Simpson, Alice.
- Publication
- [New York : A. Simpson,], 1995.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Text | Supervised use | *MGZGV 06-3148 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Simpson, Alice.
- Description
- 1 v. : col. ill.; 27 x 26 cm.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Calligraphy – United States – 20th century.
- Artists' books – United States – 20th century.
- Note
- Limited edition of two hand-painted copies bound in pink and chartreuse leather with yellow leather onlay of dancers in silhouette. "Edition No. 1- , 1996 (revised 2005)"--www.alicesimpson.com/DIRTY_DANCING.html
- Accordion book (25 x 114 cm.) with hand-painted, die-cut figures; watercolor on Canson paper.
- Biography (note)
- "It was the 1950's. In darkened, wood paneled basements in Queens, we danced the forbidden dances, such as The Grind, which were even banned from American Bandstand. In exquisite torment and fervid adolescent desire we defined our newly discovered sexuality in the insistent and erotic beat." -- www.alicesimpson.com/DIRTY_DANCING.html
- Exhibitions (note)
- Exhibited: "Book as Art VIII," Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. For information on the exhibition, see Wasserman, Krystyna. "Book as Art VIII : Experiments in Sharing." Women in the Arts (Summer 1996), p. 13-14.
- Call Number
- *MGZGV 06-3148
- OCLC
- 643818372
- Author
- Simpson, Alice.
- Title
- [Dirty dancing / Alice Simpson].
- Imprint
- [New York : A. Simpson,], 1995.
- Exhibitions
- Exhibited: "Book as Art VIII," Library and Research Center, National Museum of Women in the Arts, Washington, D.C. For information on the exhibition, see Wasserman, Krystyna. "Book as Art VIII : Experiments in Sharing." Women in the Arts (Summer 1996), p. 13-14.
- Biography
- "It was the 1950's. In darkened, wood paneled basements in Queens, we danced the forbidden dances, such as The Grind, which were even banned from American Bandstand. In exquisite torment and fervid adolescent desire we defined our newly discovered sexuality in the insistent and erotic beat." -- www.alicesimpson.com/DIRTY_DANCING.html
- Local Note
- Dance Divison copy signed and dated in pencil on back endpaper by the artist: Simpson, 1995.
- Added Author
- Simpson, Alice. Binder. Calligrapher. IllustratorSimpson, Alice. Signer NN-PD
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGV 06-3148