Research Catalog
Americana suite, Dance ballads
- Title
- Americana suite, Dance ballads [graphic].
- Author
- Levitas, Willard.
- Publication
- 1950.
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| Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Performing Arts Research Collections to submit a request in person. | Still image | Supervised use | *MGZGD Lev W Ame 1-4 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Additional Authors
- Fisher, Nelle.
- Found In
- Nelle Fisher collection.
- Description
- 4 paintings on cardboard : watercolor over graphite, color; 27 x 18 cm. or smaller.
- Summary
- Two designs for scenic elements, respectively a cactus and a scarecrow. One design for a prop, a gramophone on a stand. The fourth item in this collection is a mock award reading in full: "The Willard G. Levitas to Dance ballads for recognition of Willard G. Levitas, boy designer, long before Local 829 did. Newark, New Jersey, May 3, 1950, A.D." It bears the stamp of United Scenic Artists, Local 829, and is signed Willard G. Levitas.
- Alternative Title
- Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.
- Genre/Form
- Set design drawings.
- Note
- Two paintings bear the words "Design by Willard Levitas" on the verso; one painting reads "Prop design by Willard Levitas."
- Source (note)
- Nelle Fisher
- Biography (note)
- These designs may have been intended for a nightclub show, Dance ballads, performed by Nelle Fisher and Jerry Ross at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, in late 1950 and early 1951.
- Willard Levitas studied art at the Parsons School of Design. He may have met Nelle Fisher while working at a summer job at Camp Tamiment resort in the Poconos. He worked as a set designer, art director, and producer for various television series and specials in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued to paint and exhibit his artworks after his retirement.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.
- Call Number
- *MGZGD Lev W Ame 1-4
- OCLC
- 824744278
- Author
- Levitas, Willard.
- Title
- Americana suite, Dance ballads [graphic].
- Imprint
- 1950.
- Biography
- These designs may have been intended for a nightclub show, Dance ballads, performed by Nelle Fisher and Jerry Ross at the Waldorf Astoria Hotel, New York, in late 1950 and early 1951.Willard Levitas studied art at the Parsons School of Design. He may have met Nelle Fisher while working at a summer job at Camp Tamiment resort in the Poconos. He worked as a set designer, art director, and producer for various television series and specials in the 1950s and 1960s, and continued to paint and exhibit his artworks after his retirement.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Source
- Gift; Nelle Fisher, 1991.
- Added Author
- Fisher, Nelle. Associated nameFisher, Nelle. Donor
- Added Title
- Nelle Fisher collection. Graphics.
- Found In:
- Nelle Fisher collection.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGD Lev W Ame 1-4