Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell, Dance Theatre of Harlem, NYC: Museum Object and Cultural History
Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell, Dance Theatre of Harlem, NYC: Date: 1983. Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944. Subject of: Arthur Mitchell, American, 1934 - 2018.
The object in the museum catalogue
A digital color image of a photograph by Anthony Barboza of Agnes de Mille and Arthur Mitchell at a rehearsal for Dance Theatre of Harlem in 1983. Mitchell is seated on a high stool or chair and looks off camera with his head tilted slightly toward de Mille. She stands behind and to his left speaking and with both hands raised in gesture. Dancers can be seen reflected in a mirror behind Mitchell and de Mille.
Materials, dates and provenance
- Date: 1983
- Photograph by: Anthony Barboza, American, born 1944
- Subject of: Arthur Mitchell, American, 1934 - 2018
- Subject of: Agnes de Mille, American, 1905 - 1993
- Subject of: Dance Theatre of Harlem, American, founded 1969
- Type: portraits
- Type: digital images
- Type: digital media - born analog
- Medium: digital
- Dimensions: H x W: 2889 pixels × 4253 pixels
- Dimensions: File size: 35.23 MB
- Place captured: Harlem, New York City, New York, United States, North and Central America
- Topic: African American
- Topic: Ballet
- Topic: Photography
- Object number: 2016.96.1
- Credit Line: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture, Gift of Anthony Barboza
- Data Source: National Museum of African American History and Culture
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Catalogue descriptions and facts adapted from National Museum of African American History and Culture through the Smithsonian's official Open Access dataset. This record explicitly marks its metadata CC0 1.0; formatting and selection have been changed. The underlying object's rights statement is: © Anthony Barboza Permission required for use. Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
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