Nijinski – Antique Print
(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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Step back in time with Nijinski, a historic photograph rich in period detail. The original is held by the Library of Congress, so what you hang is a true record of its time.
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The record for this glass negative gives only the name "Nijinski," taken from caption cards the Bain News Service attached to its plates, and notes that the identification is unverified. The name most likely refers to Vaslav Nijinsky, the dancer who became the leading male star of Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes in the years before World War I, when his leaps and stage presence drew wide attention in Paris, London and New York. The Bain News Service was a New York agency that supplied news photographs to newspapers, so images like this one show how performers of the day reached readers. Without a date or further detail, the plate is best read as a window onto that era of dance celebrity.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch five loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 3,284 × 4,384 px · prints to 11 × 15 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-22610 |
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