Kinney (Troy) Etchings and Engravings, 1915-1928

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Summary

Title:

Troy Kinney etchings and engravings

Dates:

1915-1928

Creators:

Kinney, Troy

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.

Extent:

0.5 Linear Feet (5 oversize folders) and 0.5 linear feet

Language:

English .

Preferred citation:

Troy Kinney Etchings and Engravings. MS-P17. Special Collections and Archives, The UC Irvine Libraries, Irvine, California. Date accessed.

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Background

Scope and content:

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.

Biographical / historical:

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.

Acquisition information:

Acquired, ca. 1970.

Processing information:

Fully processed by Adrian Turner, 2001.

Indexed terms

Subjects:: Dance -- Archives
Dancers -- History -- Sources
Engravers.
Etchings -- Color.
Engravings -- Color.
Names:: Pavlova, Anna -- Archives

About this collection guide

Collection Guide Author:: Processed by Adrian Turner; machine-readable finding aid created by Adrian Turner
Date Encoded:: This finding aid was produced using ArchivesSpace on 2020-08-04 23:04:23 UTC .

Access and use

Restrictions:: Collection is open for research.
Terms of access:: 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.