Dancers: Janet Reed by Max Pollak
Dancers: Janet Reed
Max Pollak
Title
Dancers: Janet Reed
Artist
Max Pollak
1886 - 1970 (biography)Year
c. 1940
Technique
drypoint with color etching and aquatint
Image Size
16 1/2 x 14 3/16" platemark
Signature
pencil, lower right
Edition Size
1/100 (likely fewer than 30 impressions)
Annotations
pencil titled, lower left
Reference
FAMSF, acquisition no. T&D1962.153
Paper
thin cream wove
State
published
Publisher
artist
Inventory ID
25329
Price
$600.00
Description
Janet Reed (1916-2000) was an American ballerina, ballet mistress, and dance school founder. She danced with the San Francisco Ballet (1937-1941), the Ballet Theater (New York), and the New York City Ballet, the latter for whom she was ballet mistress from 1959 to 1964. After retirement, she helped found the Pacific Northwest Dance company in Seattle, Washington, serving as director until 1976.