Guide to the Arthur Grunenberg lithographs MS.M.057
Kelly Spring
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Title: Arthur Grunenberg lithographs
Creator:
Grunenberg, Arthur,, 1886-
Identifier/Call Number: MS.M.057
Physical Description:
1 folders
4 lithographs
each lithograph 11.5 X 18 inches
Date: circa 1915
Abstract: This collection of 4 lithographs by
Arthur (Artur) Grunenberg is thought to depict Tamara Karsavina dancing in Fokine's Firebird
as part of the early performances of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. Firebird was a role created
by Karsavina and closely associated with during her entire career.
Language of Material:
Undetermined .
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heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
The collection is open for research.
Arthur Grunenberg lithographs, MS-M-057. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine
Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
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Immediate Source of Acquisition
Purchased from Gordon Hollis of Golden Legend books at a Los Angeles antiquarian bookfair
in early 2000s.
Processed by Kelly Spring in 2016.
Artur Grunenberg was born in in Könisberg, studied in Berlin and Munich. An oil painter as
well as book illustrator, he gravitated toward moving subjects, especially dancers. His
illustrated books, not well known in the United States, include editions of Horace,
Boccacio, Prevost (Manon Lescaut). By some historians, he is considered a member of the
German expressionists
According to Serge Leslie (
Bibliography of the Dance Collection. Four vols.,
p.206) his early works including Russisches Ballet were given a place of honor in the
Diaghilev Exhibition (London 1939).
This collection of 4 lithographs by Arthur (Artur) Grunenberg is thought to depict Tamara
Karsavina dancing in Fokine's Firebird as part of the early performances of Diaghilev's
Ballets Russes. Firebird was a role created by Karsavina and closely associated with during
her entire career.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dance
Ballet dancers.
Lithographs
Karsavina, Tamara
folder XOS 1
Folder 1 circa 1915