Collection context
Summary
- Title:
- Arthur Grunenberg lithographs
- Dates:
- circa 1915
- Creators:
- Grunenberg, Arthur,, 1886-
- 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.
- Extent:
- 1 folders
- Language:
- Undetermined .
- Preferred citation:
-
Arthur Grunenberg lithographs, MS-M-057. 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.
Background
- Scope and content:
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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.
- Biographical / historical:
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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).
- Acquisition information:
- Purchased from Gordon Hollis of Golden Legend books at a Los Angeles antiquarian bookfair in early 2000s.
- Processing information:
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Processed by Kelly Spring in 2016.
- Physical facet:
- 4 lithographs
- Dimensions:
- each lithograph 11.5 X 18 inches
- Rules or conventions:
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Indexed terms
- Subjects:
- Dance
Ballet dancers.
Lithographs - Names:
- Karsavina, Tamara
About this collection guide
- Date Encoded:
- This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-07-30 22:51:15 UTC .
Access and use
- Restrictions:
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Property rights reside with the University of California. It is the responsibility of the researcher to determine who holds the copyright and pursue the copyright owner or his or her heir for permission to publish where the UC Regents do not hold the copyright.
The collection is open for research.
- Preferred citation:
-
Arthur Grunenberg lithographs, MS-M-057. 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.
- Location of this collection:
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Special Collections and ArchivesThe UCI Libraries, P.O. Box 19557Irvine, CA 92623-9557, US
- Contact:
- (949) 824-3947