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Saratoga

Title
Saratoga [graphic] / Oliver Smith.
Author
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
Publication
1941.

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Additional Authors
  • Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979.
  • Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. fnd
Description
1 painting : watercolor, gouache, color; 27 x 38 cm.
Summary
Set 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.
Donor/Sponsor
Dance Committee Purchase Fund.
Subject
  • Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo
  • Saratoga (Choreographic work : Massine)
Genre/Form
Set design drawings.
Note
  • Signed and dated.
  • Penciled on the verso: "This scetch [sic] is hereby approved and ready for building maquette. Leonide Massine." Further instructions, signed Leon [?], follow this note but are difficult to read.
  • Stamped on the verso by United Scenic Artists.
Funding (note)
  • Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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.
Call Number
*MGZGD Smi O Sar 2
OCLC
824794989
Author
Smith, Oliver Lemuel, 1918-1994.
Title
Saratoga [graphic] / Oliver Smith.
Imprint
1941.
Funding
Purchased with funds from the Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
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.
Local Note
Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
For another version of this design, see: *MGZGD Smi O Sar 1.
Added Author
Massine, Leonide, 1896-1979. Associated name
Committee for the Jerome Robbins Dance Division. Funder
Research Call Number
*MGZGD Smi O Sar 2
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