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[Dancer]
- Title
- [Dancer] [graphic] / Ernst Oppler.
- Author
- Oppler, Ernst
- Publication
- [192-?]
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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. | Picture | Supervised use | *MGZGA Opp E Dan 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Description
- 1 print : drypoint, b&w; 26 x 18 cm., image 20 x 15 cm.
- Subject
- Dancers
- Genre/Form
- Etchings.
- Note
- Limited edition of 100.
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Biography (note)
- Ernst Oppler, 1867-1929, was a German painter and printmaker. The Ballets Russes became one of his favorite subjects beginning in 1912, and he made numerous drawings and etchings of the performances he attended in Berlin, where he made his home. He portrayed many stars of the Russian ballet, among them Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Tamara Karsavina.
- Local note
- Library has no. 64, signed in pencil.
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Call Number
- *MGZGA Opp E Dan 1
- OCLC
- 752586054
- Author
- Oppler, Ernst.
- Title
- [Dancer] [graphic] / Ernst Oppler.
- Imprint
- [192-?]
- Summary
- Action drawing of a female dancer. She wears a simple headband, an eighteenth-century style bodice, and a full knee-length skirt, which she holds out with both hands. Although she wears ribboned ballet shoes and is posed in the ballet position called attitude devant, she is not standing on pointe.
- Biography
- Ernst Oppler, 1867-1929, was a German painter and printmaker. The Ballets Russes became one of his favorite subjects beginning in 1912, and he made numerous drawings and etchings of the performances he attended in Berlin, where he made his home. He portrayed many stars of the Russian ballet, among them Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinsky, and Tamara Karsavina.
- Local Note
- Library has no. 64, signed in pencil.Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGA Opp E Dan 1