(Braun, Eric) Van Vechten, Carl

Portrait photograph of Eric Braun in Anthony Tudor's ballet, SHADOW OF THE WIND

Half length portrait of the dancer in Jo Mielziner costume. Gelatin silver print. 23.7 cm x 17.5 cm. (approximately 9-3/8 x 6-7/8 inches), New York: April 23, 1948. Atelier stamp on rear, docketed in ink with the subject, date, and the print reference ("vii ee 2").

Rare image of this important dancer (Balanchine, Tudor, et al) for the American Ballet Theater. There are no portraits of Braun at all in the entire Van Vechten collection of the Library of Congress. This print is inscribed by Braun 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 #222441       Price: $1,000.00