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[Caricatures of the Humphrey-Weidman Company]
- Title
- [Caricatures of the Humphrey-Weidman Company] [graphic].
- Author
- Bockman, George.
- Publication
- [1938?]
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Details
- Description
- 3 drawings : conté crayon, color; 31 x 31 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Three satirical drawings of members of the Humphrey-Weidman dance company. The drawing identified on the verso as "José Limón as he appeared at rehearsals of the Humphrey-Weidman concert company" depicts the dancer with a bandage tied in a bow on his left big toe. "Pauline Lawrence on tour with the infamous boxes of the Humphrey-Weidman concert company" juxtaposes Lawrence, dressed in street clothes and carrying a banner reading Excelsior, against a map of the United States, trailed by the boxes of graduated sizes that formed the set of Doris Humphrey's dance work Passacaglia and fugue in C minor (1938). The drawing labeled "How about an organic air raid" is described on the verso as: "Air raid sequence from This passion as performed at some college on a lecture platform sans any stage illusion, but with a complete organ and pipes as background."
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Caricatures.
- Note
- Title devised by cataloger.
- Two drawings include the printed words, on the verso: Sketch by Bockman.
- The drawing 'How about an organic air raid' is initialed: GB.
- Source (note)
- Estate of George Bockman
- Biography (note)
- George Bockman, who died in 1979, was a dancer, choreographer, and stage designer. He was a founding member of the Theatre Dance Company (active from 1937 to ca. 1939), and also performed with the Humphrey-Weidman Company, in Broadway musicals, and in his own dance productions. He danced with the Humphrey-Weidman Company in Charles Weidman's This passion (first performed in 1938), the dance work that inspired the drawing "How about an organic air raid."
- Call Number
- *MGZGD Boc G Car 1-3
- OCLC
- 824609457
- Author
- Bockman, George.
- Title
- [Caricatures of the Humphrey-Weidman Company] [graphic].
- Imprint
- [1938?]
- Biography
- George Bockman, who died in 1979, was a dancer, choreographer, and stage designer. He was a founding member of the Theatre Dance Company (active from 1937 to ca. 1939), and also performed with the Humphrey-Weidman Company, in Broadway musicals, and in his own dance productions. He danced with the Humphrey-Weidman Company in Charles Weidman's This passion (first performed in 1938), the dance work that inspired the drawing "How about an organic air raid."
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Estate of George Bockman, 1980.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGD Boc G Car 1-3