Description: Marie-Jeanne and André Eglevsky performance ballet photograph by Fred Fell 1944. SENTIMENTAL COLLOQUY ( a little piece of history) Music: By Paul Bowles.Choreography: By George Balanchine, credited to André Eglevsky.Production: Scenery and costumes by Salvador Dali. Costumes executed by Karinska.Premiere: October 30, 1944, Ballet International, International Theatre, New York. Conductor: Alexander Smallens.Cast: Marie-Jeanne, André Eglevsky; 2 men.Note: Titled after a poem by Verlaine and choreographed for two figures veiled in white who dance in surreal surroundings with a bicyclist and a figure costumed as a turtle. Dali's backdrop, filled with images of bearded bicyclists and a grand piano spouting water, was designed to suggest extreme loneliness experienced in the midst of a crowd. Estate of Marie-Jeanne performance dance photograph. See pic for condition.
Price: 48 USD
Location: San Francisco, California
End Time: 2024-09-20T11:10:52.000Z
Shipping Cost: 5 USD
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Item Specifics
All returns accepted: ReturnsNotAccepted
Unit of Sale: Single Piece
Antique: Yes
Image Orientation: Portrait
Signed: No
Size: 5 x 7 in
Image Color: Black & White
Material: Paper
Original/Licensed Reprint: Original
Framing: Unframed
Subject: Ballerina, ballet
Vintage: Yes
Type: Photograph
Year of Production: 1944
Photographer: fred fell
Number of Photographs: One
Style: dance photography
Theme: ballet dancer, Ballet Caravan, new york city ballet, ballet russe, american ballet
Time Period Manufactured: 1925-1949
Featured Person/Artist: marie-jeanne, william dollar, andre eglevsky, george balanchine
Production Technique: Gelatin-Silver Print
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Finish: Glossy
