Dancers: Janet Reed by Max Pollak

Dancers: Janet Reed by Max Pollak

Dancers: Janet Reed

Max Pollak

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Title

Dancers: Janet Reed

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1940  
Technique
graphite and color crayon preparatory drawing 
Image Size
15 1/2 x 13 1/2" image size 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
 
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left 
Reference
etching at the FAMSF, acquisition no. T&D1962.153 
Paper
cream laid with "L'Envoi" watermark 
State
 
Publisher
 
Inventory ID
24068 
Price
$450.00 
Description
A preparatory sketch Pollak's etching and aquatint "Janet Reed: American Ballet Dancer". Janet Reed, born in 1916 in Oregon, was lead ballerina for the San Francisco Ballet and principal ballerina New York's Ballet Theater before becoming the ballet mistress of the New York City Ballet. She retired from dancing in 1964 and went on to teach until 1996, when declining health forced her into a second retirement. She died on Februaru 28, 2000, a nationally celebrated ballerina and dance educator. 
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