Rudolf Nureyev

Karsh, Yousuf (1908-2002)


Item type:
photographic object
Date of creation:
1977
Technique / Medium:
photography, gelatin silver print

    Item location

  • Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
    [Museum inv. no.: 1998.371]40 x 49.5 cm; mount: 55.9 x 71.1 cm

  • Metropolitan Museum of Art (New York)
    [Museum inv. no.: 1986.1098.57]26.7 x 34 cm

  • Art Institute of Chicago
    [Museum inv. no.: 2014.876]26 × 33.5 cm (image/paper); 40.7 × 50.8 cm (mount)

  • Detroit Institute of Arts
    [Museum inv. no.: 1999.136.11]print: 49.5 × 59.4 cm; supporting board: 75.9 × 61 cm

Description

Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev, ballet dancer. Nureyev poses with the top of his face and head (from just below the eyes) visible. He covers the rest of his face with crossed hands.

People as subjects

Nureyev, Rudolf (1938-1993) (Dancer)

Iconclass

61B2(RUDOLF NUREYEV)
historical person (RUDOLF NUREYEV)
48C8311
portrait of dancer
48C8421
male dancer

Image URLs

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Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Metropolitan Museum of Art
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Art Institute of Chicago
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Detroit Institute of Arts

Bibliographic references

Karsh, Yousuf. Karsh: A fifty-year retrospective (Boston: Little, Brown and Company, 1983) 190.

RIdIM record id

5979