Research Catalog
Saratoga
- Title
- Saratoga [graphic] / Oliver Smith.
- Author
- Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
- Publication
- 1941.
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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 Smi O Sar 1 | Performing Arts Research Collections - Dance |
Details
- Found In
- Alexandra Danilova collection.
- Description
- 1 painting : watercolor, gouache, color; 33 x 50 cm.
- Summary
- Set or curtain design depicting an outdoor scene with buildings on either side, and a view of the racetrack's stands in the distance. Two hot-air balloons float in the sky.
- Alternative Title
- Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
- Subjects
- Genre/Form
- Set design drawings.
- Note
- Signed and dated.
- Biography (note)
- Leonide Massine's ballet Saratoga (music and scenario, Jaromir Weinberger) was first presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1941, with sets by Oliver Smith and costumes by Alvin Colt. It combined themes of romance and horse-racing, set in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York. Although it was considered a failure as a ballet, it marked Smith's first professional credit in a long and distinguished career.
- Oliver Smith designed sets for ballet, musical theatre, opera, drama, and film. His long association with American Ballet Theatre began with Jerome Robbins's first ballet, Fancy free, in 1944, and he served as the company's co-director, with Lucia Chase, from 1945 to 1980.
- Linking Entry (note)
- Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
- Call Number
- *MGZGD Smi O Sar 1
- OCLC
- 824777081
- Author
- Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
- Title
- Saratoga [graphic] / Oliver Smith.
- Imprint
- 1941.
- Biography
- Leonide Massine's ballet Saratoga (music and scenario, Jaromir Weinberger) was first presented by the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1941, with sets by Oliver Smith and costumes by Alvin Colt. It combined themes of romance and horse-racing, set in the town of Saratoga Springs, New York. Although it was considered a failure as a ballet, it marked Smith's first professional credit in a long and distinguished career.Oliver Smith designed sets for ballet, musical theatre, opera, drama, and film. His long association with American Ballet Theatre began with Jerome Robbins's first ballet, Fancy free, in 1944, and he served as the company's co-director, with Lucia Chase, from 1945 to 1980.
- Linking Entry
- Forms part of the Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
- Local Note
- Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
- Added Author
- Danilova, Alexandra, 1907-1997. Donor
- Added Title
- Alexandra Danilova collection. Graphics.
- Found In:
- Alexandra Danilova collection.
- Research Call Number
- *MGZGD Smi O Sar 1