Research Catalog
[Isadora Duncan]
- Title
- [Isadora Duncan] [graphic].
- Author
- Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965.
- Publication
- [1906-1916 and later?]
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| Status | Container | 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. | Box 1 | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGV 12-2325 Box 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 2 | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGV 12-2325 Box 2 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 3 | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGV 12-2325 Box 3 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Box 4 | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGV 12-2325 Box 4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Zabriskie Gallery. dnr
- Description
- 139 drawings : watercolor, ink, crayon, graphite, color; 36 x 27 cm. or smaller.
- 82 drawings : ink, graphite, crayon, b&w ;
- Summary
- Action drawings of Isadora Duncan, a pioneer of American modern dance. Most depict her in the simple Greek draperies she favored in contrast to the elaborate costumes worn by theatrical dancers of her time; in a few drawings she is nude or nearly so. The drawings are chiefly made in portrait orientation, but six are in landscape orientation, depicting her in prone positions. The drawings generally portray her in full-length view, though a few are cropped at the top. The backgrounds are blank, with no attempt to delineate the stage space through which she moves.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Watercolors.
- Drawings.
- Note
- Most of the drawings are signed: A Walkowitz.
- About 25 of the drawings in this collection are dated, ranging from 1906 to 1916.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Source (note)
- Zabriskie Gallery
- Biography (note)
- The painter Abraham Walkowitz was born in Siberia and emigrated to the United States as a child. He was closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz and his 291 Gallery. Walkowitz's drawings of Isadora Duncan are said to number in the thousands, and he has been lauded for capturing her distinctive movement style.
- Contents
- Box 1 (44 items): contains drawings in color, measuring 27 x 21 cm. or smaller.
- Box 2 (52 items): contains 36 drawings in color, measuring 27 x 21 cm. or smaller; and 16 b&w drawings, measuring 28 x 21 cm. or smaller.
- Box 3 (108 items): contains 42 drawings in color, measuring 36 x 27 cm. or smaller; and 66 b&w drawings, measuring 39 x 36 cm. or smaller. The b&w drawings include 6 drawings in landscape orientation.
- Box 4 (17 items): contains drawings in color, measuring 36 x 24 cm. or smaller.
- Call Number
- *MGZGV 12-2325
- OCLC
- 820353106
- Author
- Walkowitz, Abraham, 1880-1965.
- Title
- [Isadora Duncan] [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1906-1916 and later?]
- Biography
- The painter Abraham Walkowitz was born in Siberia and emigrated to the United States as a child. He was closely associated with Alfred Stieglitz and his 291 Gallery. Walkowitz's drawings of Isadora Duncan are said to number in the thousands, and he has been lauded for capturing her distinctive movement style.
- Local Note
- For additional drawings of Isadora Duncan by Walkowitz, see: *MGZGA Wal A Dun 1-262.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- 204 drawings Gift; Zabriskie Gallery, 1993.
- Added Author
- Zabriskie Gallery. Donor
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGV 12-2325