The American Ballet Theatre

Hirschfeld, Al (1903-2003)

Item type:

drawing

Date of creation:

1980

Height:

53.4 cm  (21 in.)

Width:

68.8 cm  (27 1/16 in.)

Technique / Medium:

black ink on white illustration board

Description

Drawing depicts six ballet dancers in active dancing poses; composite of famous ballet pairs and/or roles; dancers are identified on the back of the work.
Note from museum website:
This drawing ran on the first page of the New York Times' Arts and Leisure section, May 4, 1980 [the date of the ABT's 40th Anniversary Gala]

People as subjects

Bujones, Fernando (1955-2005) (Dancer)
Dowell, Anthony (1943-) (Dancer)
Godunov, Alexander (1949-1995) (Dancer)
Gregory, Cynthia (1946-) (Dancer)
Makarova, Natalia (1940-) (Dancer)
Van Hamel, Martine (1945-) (Dancer)

Iconclass

43C9
dancing
48C842
ballet group; dancers on the stage
32A5
caricatures (human types)

RIdIM images

Image URLs

image link 1

Notes

Inscriptions and Marks from museum website:
Signed: black ink, l.r.: HIRSCHFELD5
inscription: verso, black ink: L. TO R. ALEXANDER GODUNOV, MARTINE VAN HAMEL, ANTHONY DOWELL, / NATALIA MAKAROVA, FERNANDO BUJONES AND CYNTHIA GREGORY. / 4/1980

RIdIM record id

5763