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Pantins: Pierrot & Pierrette, Danseurs Chinois

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Jerome Robbins Dance Division

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Prints depicting dance

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Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

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Pantins

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Title
Pantins: Pierrot & Pierrette, Danseurs Chinois
Additional title: Pierrot & Pierrette
Additional title: Danseurs chinois
Names
Schönberg, Bessie (Collector)
Imagerie Pellerin (Épinal, France) (Publisher)
Collection

Prints depicting dance

Theatrical dancers, singly or in pairs

Dates / Origin
Date Issued: 1800 - 1899 (Approximate)
Place: Epinal?, France
Publisher: Imagerie Pellerin
Library locations
Jerome Robbins Dance Division
Shelf locator: *MGZFX Pant 1
Topics
Puppets -- France
Pierrot (Fictitious character)
Pantins
Genres
Prints
Notes
Caption title.
Acquisition: Gift; Estate of Bessie Schönberg.
Biographical/historical: The term "image d'Epinal" signifies a cheap colored woodcut or wood engraving, named after Epinal, the French provincial town that was their center of production in the nineteenth-century. Although these prints had a long history and portrayed both secular and religious subject matter, in the second half of the nineteenth century the Pellerin family of Epinal gained special recognition for their images designed for children.
Physical Description
Wood engravings
Extent: 1 print : wood engraving, color ; 31 x 40 cm.
Description
Pieces for four two-dimensional jointed paper puppets, intended to be cut out and assembled. The top two puppets are the commedia dell'arte characters Pierrot and Pierrette. On the bottom are a Chinese man and woman, both garbed in western versions of Asian costume. Both hold their hands with forefingers pointed upward in a gesture that has become a convention in European ballet depictions of Chinese dancing.
Type of Resource
Still image
Languages
French
Identifiers
RLIN/OCLC: 825554100
NYPL catalog ID (B-number): b19759846
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 5ff58180-89be-0134-af02-00505686a51c
Rights Statement
The New York Public Library believes that this item is in the public domain under the laws of the United States, but did not make a determination as to its copyright status under the copyright laws of other countries. This item may not be in the public domain under the laws of other countries. Though not required, if you want to credit us as the source, please use the following statement, "From The New York Public Library," and provide a link back to the item on our Digital Collections site. Doing so helps us track how our collection is used and helps justify freely releasing even more content in the future.

Item timeline of events

  • 1800: Issued (Approximate)
  • 2019: Digitized
  • 2024: Found by you!
  • 2025

MLA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pantins" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800 - 1899. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4fdc8a30-8cc6-0134-2cf6-00505686a51c

Chicago/Turabian Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. "Pantins" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed April 27, 2024. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4fdc8a30-8cc6-0134-2cf6-00505686a51c

APA Format

Jerome Robbins Dance Division, The New York Public Library. (1800 - 1899). Pantins Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4fdc8a30-8cc6-0134-2cf6-00505686a51c

Wikipedia Citation

<ref name=NYPL>{{cite web | url=https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/4fdc8a30-8cc6-0134-2cf6-00505686a51c | title= (still image) Pantins, (1800 - 1899) |author=Digital Collections, The New York Public Library |accessdate=April 27, 2024 |publisher=The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox, and Tilden Foundations}}</ref>

Pantins