Research Catalog

Details

Description

1. 1 print : drypoint, color; visible image 45 x 38 cm., plate mark 43 x 37 cm., in mat 65 x 66 cm.

Summary

1. Full-length portrayal of the ballerina Janet Reed in the principal role of Swanhilda in the ballet Coppélia. She is posed in arabesque penchée, with her right leg elevated and her right arm curved in front of her.

Subject

1. Drypoints
2. Reed, Janet, 1916-2000
3. Coppélia (Choreographic work : Christensen, W)

Genre/Form

1. Drypoints.

Call number

1. *MGZGE Pol M Ree 1

Note

1. Signed in pencil.
2. Limited edition of 100.
3. Identification of the date, ballet, and role from a letter written to Hester Miller by Janet Reed Erskine, the subject of the print, on Feb. 12, 1988.

Source (note)

1. Miriam Duncan on behalf of Hester Miller

Biography (note)

1. Born in Tolo, Oregon, the American ballerina Janet Reed joined the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1937. The role of Swanhilda in Willam Christensen's version of Coppélia (1939) was her first major role. In 1941 she moved to New York City, where she danced with Eugene Loring's Dance Players, Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), and New York City Ballet.
2. Max Pollak, 1886-1970, was born in Prague but raised in Vienna, where he studied painting and etching. In 1910 he won the Prix de Rome, the first ever given to an etcher. He immigrated to the United States in 1927, making his home in San Francisco, where he continued to work as painter and printmaker.

Author

1. Pollak, Max, 1886-

Title

1. Janet Reed [graphic] / Max Pollak.

Imprint

1. [1939?]

Biography

1. Born in Tolo, Oregon, the American ballerina Janet Reed joined the San Francisco Opera Ballet in 1937. The role of Swanhilda in Willam Christensen's version of Coppélia (1939) was her first major role. In 1941 she moved to New York City, where she danced with Eugene Loring's Dance Players, Ballet Theatre (later American Ballet Theatre), and New York City Ballet.
2. Max Pollak, 1886-1970, was born in Prague but raised in Vienna, where he studied painting and etching. In 1910 he won the Prix de Rome, the first ever given to an etcher. He immigrated to the United States in 1927, making his home in San Francisco, where he continued to work as painter and printmaker.

Local note

1. Cataloging funds provided by Friends of Jerome Robbins Dance Division.
2. Library has no. 51.

Source

1. Gift; Miriam Duncan on behalf of Hester Miller, 2012.

Research call number

1. *MGZGE Pol M Ree 1