- Creator
- Kirstein, Lincoln, 1907-1996
- Call number
- *MGZEB 99-1221
- Physical description
- 7 boxes (4 linear feet)
- Preferred Citation
- Lincoln Kirstein's collection of photographs of artwork, 1915-1988 and n.d, Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library
- Repository
- Jerome Robbins Dance Division
- Location
- *MGZEB 99-1221
- Access to materials
- Some collections held by the Dance, Music, Recorded Sound, and Theatre Divisions at the New York Public Library for the Performing Arts are held off-site and must be requested in advance. Please check the collection records in the NYPL's online catalog for detailed location information. For general guidance about requesting offsite materials, please consult: https://www.nypl.org/about/locations/lpa/requesting-archival-materials
The bulk of the collection is photographs of artwork used by Kirstein in his career as an art collector, author and executor of the estates of the artists Elie Nadelman and Pavel Tchelitchew. As well as American and European painting and sculpture, topics include architecture, and art during World War II; very few of the folders pertain to ballet. Box 1, apparently removed from a family photo album, contains photos mostly by Kirstein and of a more personal nature, including photos of his apartment interior, his personal art collection, his travels to Japan, Mexico and down South for a civil rights march, awards ceremonies, and production photos of his play "White House Happening" about Lincoln's assassination. Box 7 contains, among other things, a few portraits of family members and choreographers. Material is mostly undated.
Using the collection
Location
Jerome Robbins Dance DivisionNew York Public Library for the Performing Arts, Dorothy and Lewis B. Cullman Center
40 Lincoln Center Plaza, New York, NY 10023-7498
Third Floor