Guide to the Troy Kinney Etchings and Engravings
MS.P.017
Processed by Adrian Turner; machine-readable finding aid created by Adrian
Turner
Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine
Libraries
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Title: Troy Kinney etchings and engravings
Creator:
Kinney, Troy
Identifier/Call Number: MS.P.017
Physical Description:
0.5 Linear Feet
(5 oversize folders)
Date (inclusive): 1915-1928
Abstract: This collection consists of 22 color
intaglio prints by Troy Kinney featuring dancers and dance performances, produced from 1915
to 1928. Among the dancers represented in these prints are Vaslav Nijinski, Adeline Genée,
Anna Pavlova, Alexandre Volinin, and Doris Niles. The plates were primarily produced by
etching, drypoint engraving, or a combination of both processes. The plate for Pastorale
includes some mezzotinting.
General Physical Description note: 0.5 linear feet
Language of Material:
English .
Access
Collection is open for research.
Publication Rights
Property rights reside with the University of California. Literary rights are retained by
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please contact the Head of Special Collections and Archives.
Preferred Citation
Troy Kinney Etchings and Engravings. MS-P17. Special Collections and Archives, The UC
Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.
For the benefit of current and future researchers, please cite any additional information
about sources consulted in this collection, including permanent URLs, item or folder
descriptions, and box/folder locations.
Acquisition Information
Acquired, ca. 1970.
Processing History
Fully processed by Adrian Turner, 2001.
Biography
Troy Kinney was an American artist and writer on dance, noted for his etchings and his
treatise
The Dance, Its Place in Art and Life (1924),
co-written with his wife Margaret West Kinney. Kinney was born December 1, 1871 in Kansas
City, Missouri. He attended the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of Fine Arts at
Yale. In 1900, he married Margaret West. He contributed articles on dance to magazines such
as
Century,
Metropolitan, and
New Republic during his career. Kinney died in 1938.
Collection Scope and Content Summary
This collection consists of 22 color intaglio prints by Troy Kinney featuring dancers and
dance performances, produced from 1915 to 1928. Among the dancers represented in these
prints are Anna Pavlova, Vaslav Nijinski, Adeline Genée, Alexandre Volinin, and Doris Niles.
The plates were primarily produced by etching, drypoint engraving, or a combination of both
processes. The plate for Pastorale includes some mezzotinting.
For a detailed discussion of these etchings and engravings, see Kinney's
The Etchings of Troy Kinney (Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday, Doran and
company, Inc., 1929). This collection is arranged by the order of the checklist,
"Twenty-five of the etchings and drypoints of Troy Kinney," on pages 23-75. See also
Kinney's
Troy Kinney (New York: The Crafton Collection, Inc.,
1930) for more information about these works. Both monographs are cataloged separately in
Special Collections and Archives.
Subjects and Indexing Terms
Dance -- Archives
Etchings -- Color.
Dancers -- History -- Sources
Engravers.
Engravings -- Color.
Pavlova, Anna -- Archives
box FB-019, folder 3
Lopokova and Nijinski in Les Sylphides
1916
box FB-019, folder 4
Pavlowa and Volinin in Amarilla
1915
box FB-019, folder 4
Portrait of Mrs. H.P.W. (Harry Payne Whitney)
1915
