[Two ballerinas, blond woman in front with brunette woman behind] – Historic Reproduction
![[Two ballerinas, blond woman in front with brunette woman behind], Detroit, Mich. : Calvert Litho. Co., c1890. — vintage poster](https://images.jameslantos.com/img/c1/c1675f83a247-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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[Two ballerinas, blond woman in front with brunette woman behind]
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Two ballerinas share the frame of this color lithograph, with a blond dancer in front and a brunette partner posed behind her. The Calvert Lithographing Company of Detroit printed it around 1890 and registered it for copyright that year. Like many chromolithographed posters of the period, it used bright inks to draw attention, and stage dancing was a popular subject for commercial art of the late nineteenth century. The pairing of the two figures suggests a design meant to catch the eye of passersby.
| Created / published | Detroit, Mich. : Calvert Litho. Co., c1890. |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 print (poster) : lithograph, color ; 77 x 51 cm. |
| Genre | Mich." Title devised. No. 1." |
| Notes | V35183 U.S. Copyright Office Created and copyrighted 1890 by the Calvert Litho. Co. |
| Source | Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division |
| Original scan | 3,761 × 4,667 px · prints to 13 × 16 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-HPA-221004 |
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