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Description

1. 7.67 linear feet (17 boxes)

Summary

1. Alfredo Valente (1899-1973) was an Italian-born American photographer. Valente's trademark style was his portraits of costumed performers which used artistic camera angles and dramatic lighting. The Alfredo Valente negatives are comprised primarily of black and white negatives and some proofs created between 1934 through 1958. The majority of photographs are of American Ballet Theatre and Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo. Other companies represented are Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre, Ballet for America, Ballet International, Jooss Ballet, and notable individual dancers such as La Argentinita, Katherine Dunham, and Ruth St. Denis.

Subject

1. Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo Photographs
2. St. Denis, Ruth, 1880-1968 > Photographs
3. Negatives (photographs)
4. Photographic prints
5. Ballet dancers > Photographs
6. Photographers
7. Jooss European Ballet Photographs
8. American Ballet Theatre Photographs
9. Agnes de Mille Dance Theatre Photographs
10. Ballet companies > Photographs
11. Dancers
12. Argentinita, 1898-1945 > Photographs
13. Ballet for America (Company) Photographs
14. Dunham, Katherine > Photographs
15. Ballet International Photographs
16. Dance companies > Photographs

Genre/Form

1. Negatives (photographs)
2. Photographic prints

Call number

1. *MGZEB 19-561

Terms of use (note)

1. Some photographs are marked on their verso as strictly prohibited from being copied or exhibited as indicated by the photographer's stamp. All of these prints are proofs or unretouched photographs.

Author

1. Valente, Alfredo, photographer.

Title

1. Alfredo Valente negatives.

Production

1. 1934-1958.

Type of content

1. text
2. still image

Type of medium

1. unmediated

Type of carrier

1. sheet

Terms of use

1. Some photographs are marked on their verso as strictly prohibited from being copied or exhibited as indicated by the photographer's stamp. All of these prints are proofs or unretouched photographs.

Connect to:

1. Finding aid

Occupation

1. Dancers.
2. Photographers.

Research call number

1. *MGZEB 19-561