Research Catalog

Title

Vive la joie et les pommes de terre [graphic].

Publication

[Paris, 1858 or later]

Items in the Library & Off-site

Details

Additional Authors

• Beard, Richard.
• Imprimerie Lemercier et cie. pop

Found In

Richard Park Beard collection.

Description

4 prints : lithograph, hand-colored; 21 x 16 cm. or smaller, on mount 29 x 22 cm.

Summary

Portrayals of four female performers in costumes decorated with different suits from a deck of playing cards. The prints in this collection have been trimmed, and thus lack most of their captions and publication data; they were mounted on larger sheets and the performers' roles handwritten below. Each print is numbered, signifying that the four were part of a series that has not been identified.

Alternative Title

Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Subjects

• Maria, approximately 1818-
• Thiéry, Henri > Vive la joie et les pommes de terre
• Dancers > France > 19th century
• Nelson, Mlle
• Lithographs

Genre/Form

Lithographs.

Note

• Title devised by cataloger.
• Imp. Lemercier, Paris.

Source (note)

• Robert James Wood II

Biography (note)

• Two prints from this collection contain the same images published by Maison Martinet as part of the Galerie dramatique, ca. 1858: numbers 840, Melle Nelson, rôle de la dame de Carreau. dans Vive la joie, and 842, Melle Maria [Jacob], rôle de dame de coeur dans Vive la joie et les pommes de terre. Both were the work of the same printer, Imprimerie Lemercier, who also produced the examples in this collection.
• Vive la joie et les pommes de terre, a revue by Henri Thiéry, was first presented at the Théâtre des Folies Dramatiques, Paris, in 1859.
• Richard Park Beard, 1925-2009, the former owner of these prints, made his debut as a professional dancer with Ballet International in 1944, and subsequently danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. He also danced and choreographed for television and nightclub shows.

Linking Entry (note)

• Forms part of the Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Contents

89, La dame de carreau [diamonds] -- 90, Dame de coeur [hearts] -- 91, Dame de pique [spades] -- 92, Dame de trefle [clubs].

Call Number

*MGZFX Anon Vive 1-4

OCLC

825552878

Title

Vive la joie et les pommes de terre [graphic].

Imprint

[Paris, 1858 or later]

Biography

Two prints from this collection contain the same images published by Maison Martinet as part of the Galerie dramatique, ca. 1858: numbers 840, Melle Nelson, rôle de la dame de Carreau. dans Vive la joie, and 842, Melle Maria [Jacob], rôle de dame de coeur dans Vive la joie et les pommes de terre. Both were the work of the same printer, Imprimerie Lemercier, who also produced the examples in this collection.

Vive la joie et les pommes de terre, a revue by Henri Thiéry, was first presented at the Théâtre des Folies Dramatiques, Paris, in 1859.

Richard Park Beard, 1925-2009, the former owner of these prints, made his debut as a professional dancer with Ballet International in 1944, and subsequently danced with Ballet Theatre, Ballet Society, and the New York City Ballet. He also danced and choreographed for television and nightclub shows.

Linking Entry

Forms part of the Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Local Note

Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.

For the Galerie dramatique print of Mlle. Nelson as the dame de carreau, see: *MGZFB Nel U 1.

For the Galerie dramatique print of Mlle. Maria as the dame de coeur, see: *MGZFB Jac M U 1.

For a print of another character from this revue, Mlle. Derville as jeu, see: *MGZFX The 8.

Source

Gift; Robert James Wood II, 2010.

Connect to:

NYPL Digital Collections

Added Author

Beard, Richard. Collector

Imprimerie Lemercier et cie. Printer of plates

Wood, Robert James. Donor

Added Title

Richard Park Beard collection. Graphics.

Found In:

Richard Park Beard collection.

Research Call Number

*MGZFX Anon Vive 1-4