Portrait photograph of Todd Bolender in Balanchine's THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS.
New York: January 4, 1947.
Price: $1,100.00
About the item
Half-length portrait in profile of the dancer as he appeared in Balanchine's THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS. 1 vols. 23.3 cm x 16.3 cm. (approximately 9-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches). Photographer's blind stamp at lower left, ateler stamp on verso, and docketed in ink with the name of the subject, date, and negative code ("xvii cc 3"). Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978).
Item #222412
A rare image of dancer/choreographer Todd Bolender (b. 1914), one of the icons of American dance history. There are no images at all of Bolender in the Library of Congress. Inscribed to Mauriber.