Allegretto – Historic Reproduction
![Allegretto, [no date recorded on caption card] — historic photograph](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/2b/2bc12fa51b99-L.webp)
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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Titled *Allegretto*, a musical marking for a moderately brisk tempo, this photoprint by Arnold Genthe carries caption-card tags for modern dance, masks, and figure studies, suggesting a stylized pose rather than a view of a stage. Genthe made many studies of dancers in the early twentieth century, when modern dance was moving away from ballet conventions toward expressive gesture and simple costume. The record gives no date, so the exact year is uncertain, but the mask reference hints that the performer's face was part of the composition.
| Created / published | [no date recorded on caption card] |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 photographic print. |
| Subjects | Photoprint by Arnold Genthe. This record contains unverified data from caption card. Caption card tracings: Dance--Modern; Masks; Ph. Ind.; Figure studies. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 1,083 × 1,536 px · prints to 4 × 5 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-149046 |
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