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Ruth Page and Bentley Stone in Love song

Title
Ruth Page and Bentley Stone in Love song [graphic] / LBT.
Publication
1949.

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Additional Authors
Seymour, Maurice.
Description
1 painting on canvas panel : oil, color; 41 x 31 cm.
Summary
Portrayal of the dancers Ruth Page and Bentley Stone in a pose from Page's ballet Love song. Poised in arabesque with her left leg raised, Page leans against Stone's right shoulder as he faces away from the viewer.
Subject
  • Page, Ruth, 1899-1991
  • Stone, Bentley
  • Love song (Choreographic work : Page)
Genre/Form
Paintings.
Note
  • Initialed and dated.
  • Although the painting is initialed, the artist has not been identified.
Source (note)
  • Ruth Page.
Biography (note)
  • This image is based on a undated photograph by Maurice Seymour. The neckline of Page's costume has been altered, as well as her hairstyle, with white flowers added at her ears.
  • Love song (choreography, Ruth Page; music, Franz Schubert; scenery and costumes, Nicolas Remisoff) was first performed by the Chicago Opera Ballet in 1935, and revived by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1948. Although this painting is dated 1949, the photograph was probably taken around 1935, since the roles first danced by Page and Stone were assumed by Ruthanna Boris and Leon Danielian or Roman Jasinsky in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo revival.
Call Number
*MGZGD Lov 1
OCLC
824738904
Title
Ruth Page and Bentley Stone in Love song [graphic] / LBT.
Imprint
1949.
Biography
This image is based on a undated photograph by Maurice Seymour. The neckline of Page's costume has been altered, as well as her hairstyle, with white flowers added at her ears.
Love song (choreography, Ruth Page; music, Franz Schubert; scenery and costumes, Nicolas Remisoff) was first performed by the Chicago Opera Ballet in 1935, and revived by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1948. Although this painting is dated 1949, the photograph was probably taken around 1935, since the roles first danced by Page and Stone were assumed by Ruthanna Boris and Leon Danielian or Roman Jasinsky in the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo revival.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
Source
Gift; Ruth Page.
Added Author
Seymour, Maurice. Associated name
Page, Ruth, 1899-1991. Donor
Research Call Number
*MGZGD Lov 1
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