(Bolender, Todd) Van Vechten, Carl

Portrait photograph of Todd Bolender in Balanchine's THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS

Half-length portrait in profile of the dancer as he appeared in Balanchine's THE FOUR TEMPERAMENTS. 23.3 cm x 16.3 cm. (approximately 9-3/8 x 6-1/2 inches), New York: January 4, 1947. 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").

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 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       Price: $1,250.00