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Kinney (Troy) Etchings and Engravings
MS.P.017  
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  • Contributing Institution: Special Collections and Archives, University of California, Irvine Libraries
    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 the creators of the records and their heirs. For permissions to reproduce or to publish, 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