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Arthur Mitchell in George Balanchine's "Agon"

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Image ID

5122427


Item data

Title

Arthur Mitchell in George Balanchine's "Agon"

Collection

Portrait collection
Arthur Mitchell portrait collection

Names

Swope, Martha (Photographer)

Date / Origin

Date Created: 1957

Library Location

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division
Shelf locator: Sc Photo Mitchell, Arthur

Subjects

Mitchell, Arthur, 1934-
African American dancers
Ballet dancers
Dancers -- United States -- 1950-1959
African Americans -- Dance -- 1950-1959
African Americans in the performing arts
Ballet

Genres

Portraits

Physical Description

Gelatin silver prints
Extent: 26 x 21 cm ; black and white

Abstract

Dancer Arthur Mitchell in George Balanchine's "Agon" (1957) with the New York City Ballet

Identifiers

NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b16819138
NYPL Catalog ID (bnumber): b11487686
Photo Order: 52609
Universal Unique Identifier (UUID): 3da800a0-bced-0131-028c-58d385a7b928

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Type Of Resource

Still Image

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MLA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Mitchell in George Balanchine's "Agon"" The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1957. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3da800a0-bced-0131-028c-58d385a7b928

APA format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. (1957). Arthur Mitchell in George Balanchine's "Agon" Retrieved from https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3da800a0-bced-0131-028c-58d385a7b928

Chicago/Turabian Format

Schomburg Center for Research in Black Culture, Photographs and Prints Division, The New York Public Library. "Arthur Mitchell in George Balanchine's "Agon"" New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed November 18, 2025. https://digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/3da800a0-bced-0131-028c-58d385a7b928

Wikipedia citation

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