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Cesi Kellinger collection of dance materials, 1842-1994

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Photographs and Prints, 1842-1974 (continued)
Photographs, 1906-1974
Ruth St. Denis in Performance
BOX-FOLDER 4/1 Abduction of Sita, circa 1920
Photographer: Lou Goodale Bigelow
BOX-FOLDER 4/2 Balinese ballet solo, circa 1931
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/3 Burmese solo, circa 1923
Photographer: Nicholas Muray
BOX-FOLDER 4/4 Egypta [?], undated
Includes: Ruth St. Denis with unidentified male dancer
BOX-FOLDER 4/5 Folder of photographs, early 1900s?
Eleven 2.25 x 3.75 inch prints inside a photo decorated with a Ruth St. Denis bookplate
Note: Five different costumes or dances
BOX-FOLDER 4/6 The Gift of Eternal Life: An Indo-Persian Legend, a play by Albert Herter, 1929
Two photographs
Photographer: J. W. Collinge and Robert Bordeaux
Location: Lobero Theatre, Santa Barbara, California
Note: St. Denis played the role of Rabia
BOX-FOLDER 4/7 The Gold Madonna, 1934?
Note: Solo from Color Study of the Madonna, a dance work also known as The Masque of Mary
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/8 Greek Veil Plastique Dance, 1917
Photographer: Albert Witzel
Location: Los Angeles
BOX-FOLDER 4/9 Gregorian Chant, 1950s
Autographed photograph, dated 1955
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/10 Kitty (Paramount Pictures film), circa 1944-1945
Two publicity photographs
Photographer: Bud Fraker
Note: In role of Duchess of Marlborough
BOX-FOLDER 4/11 Legend of the Peacock, 1919?
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/12 The Lovers, circa 1913
Photographer: Muray Studios
Includes: Ruth Denis with Ted Shawn
BOX-FOLDER 4/13 Nautch dance, 1927, undated
Two photographs
Photographer: Marcus Blechman
Note: As performed in vaudeville
BOX-FOLDER 4/14 Nautch dance, undated
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/15 Postcard photographs, undated
Eight 4 x 5 inch prints
Contents: Burmese solo; The Cobra; Incense; Legend of the Peacock; Radha; White Madonna; Yogi; unidentified dance
BOX-FOLDER 4/16 Radha, 1906
Two photographs: headshot of the full-length portrait
Photographer: Marcus Blechman
BOX-FOLDER 4/17 Radha, circa 1943-1947
Colorized photograph
Photographer: Constantiner
BOX-FOLDER 4/18 Siamese ballet, 1929
Photographer: Arthur F. Kales
BOX-FOLDER 4/19 Spirit of the Sea [?], undated
Note: On verso, word "prophetess" in pencil
BOX-FOLDER 4/20 White Jade (1926), undated
Photographer: Marcus Blechman
BOX-FOLDER 4/21 White Madonna, 1936?
Photographer: unknown
Note: Solo from Color Study of the Madonna, a dance work also known as The Masque of Mary
BOX-FOLDER 4/22 The Yogi, 1956?
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/23-25 Unidentified dance roles, undated
Four photographs of three different dances
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/26-27 Unidentified theatrical roles, undated
Two photographs of different productions
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 3/6 Negatives of performance photographs, 1906, 1926, undated
Four negatives
Ted Shawn in Performance
BOX-FOLDER 4/28 Abduction of Sita, circa 1920
One 9 x 7 inch photograph, inscribed by Shawn
Photographer: Lou Goodale Bigelow
Note: Inscribed incorrectly as "Siamese dance"
Portraits
BOX-FOLDER 4/29 Graham, Martha, undated
Headshot
Photographer: unknown
BOX-FOLDER 4/30 St. Denis, Ruth, undated
Two prints: headshot and mid-shot
Photographer: unknown
Note: Unrelated to specific performances
BOX-FOLDER 4/31 St. Denis, Ruth, with Ted Shawn, 1949
Photographer: unknown
Location: Jacob's Pillow
BOX-FOLDER 3/7 Negatives of Ruth St. Denis, undated
Three negatives of same profile headshot
Prints, 1842-1929
Dance and theatre scenes
BOX-FOLDER 5/1 The Ballet of the Bags, 1886
Color satirical cartoon by Albert B. Schultz
Note: Published in December 15 issue of Puck
Note: Includes essay about the Evangelical Alliance of St. Louis's criticism of the National Opera Company
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Crusader, undated
Print of artwork by Ruth Howard and poem of Ruth St. Denis
Note: Reformatted reprint of artwork and poem published in Ruth St. Denis's book Lotus Light
BOX-FOLDER 2/8 The Dancing Class, 1913
Color lithograph by Anna Wehlan Betts
Note: Published in January issue of Harper's Magazine, with essay titled "Old Fashioned Children" by E. S. Martin
BOX-FOLDER 5/2 The Dancing Lesson of Our Grandmothers, 1888
Gebbie & Husson photogravure of painting by Toby E. Rosenthal
Note: Includes essay about the painting and artist
BOX-FOLDER 5/3 The Dancing School, circa 1888-1890
Gebbie & Husson photogravure of a painting by Vincente Palmorali
Note: Includes essay about the painting and artist
BOX-FOLDER 5/4 The Grand Duchess of Gerolstein, 1867
Review of performance on verso
Note: Published in October 19 issue of Frank Leslie's Illustrated Newspaper
BOX-FOLDER 5/5 Léon Bakst dans le Ballet Russe, 1927
Nine color tipped-in plates of ballet scene designs by Léon Bakst, [8] pages
Note: Essay published in L'Illustration - Noël serial, about festivals organized by Serge de Diaghilev in Paris and London
Note: Ballets depicted include Sleeping Beauty, The Legend of Joseph, and The Venetian Pirate
BOX-FOLDER 5/6 Pas de Quatre ballet scene, circa 1851-1854
Illustrations of Marie Taglioni, Fanny Cerrito, Carlotta Grisi, and Lucille Grahn
Note: Published in Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion
BOX-FOLDER 5/7 Pas des Déesses ballet scene, 1846
Illustration of Marie Taglioni, Lucille Grahn, Fanny Cerrito, and Arthur Saint-Leon
Note: Published in August 1 issue of The Illustrated London News
BOX-FOLDER 2/9 Pas Strategique ballet scene, 1851
Illustration and review of the performance
Note: Published in May 24 issue of Gleason's Pictorial Drawing Room Companion
BOX-FOLDER 2/10 "A Series of Decorative Figures from the Dance," circa 1920-1921
Illustrated pamphlet 9¼ inches ¾ by 5¾ inches, [16] pages
Note: Privately published by Wisconsin sketch artist and illustrator Bernice O. Oehler; designs contributed by Margaret H'Doubler's dance students
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