Arthur Mitchell, signed: Museum Object and Cultural History
Arthur Mitchell, signed: date made: 1978. Associated Name: Mitchell, Arthur. Object Name: photo.
The object in the museum catalogue
Black and white photograph of dancer Athur Mitchell taken from a program book. The photograph has been signed "To Roger with love, Arthur Mitchell."
Arthur Mitchell became the New York City ballet's first African American dancer in 1955. In 1969 he founded the Dance Theater of Harlem.
Materials, dates and provenance
- date made: 1978
- Associated Name: Mitchell, Arthur
- Object Name: photo
- Measurements: overall: 9 1/2 in x 5 3/4 in; 24.13 cm x 14.605 cm
- Subject: ballet
- Subject: Entertainment
- Subject: African American
- Subject: Dance
- ID Number: 2010.3053.02
- accession number: 2010.3053
- catalog number: 2010.3053.02
- Credit Line: Roger G. Kennedy
- Data Source: National Museum of American History
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