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Collection Photo, Print, Drawing Herta Moselsio photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation,

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Title

  • Herta Moselsio photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation,

Summary

  • The Herta Moselsio photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation collection is composed of 19 different shots of Martha Graham performing her solo dance work titled Lamentation (which premiered in 1930) at Bennington College. At the same time the performance was also filmed by her husband Simon Moselsio. Date of the photographs is uncertain: the dance premiered in New York City in 1930, but the filming and photography at Bennington has been variously cited as 1937, 1939, or the date of the release of Moselsio's documentary film, 1943.

Names

  • Moselsio, Herta
  • Moselsio, Simon, 1890-1963

Headings

  • -  Lamentation (Choreographic work : Graham)
  • -  Graham, Martha--Pictorial works
  • -  Martha Graham Dance Company
  • -  Dancers--Photographs
  • -  Dance--Photographs
  • -  Modern dance--United States

Genre

  • Photographic prints

Notes

  • -  Organized into one series: Photographs, circa 1939.
  • -  Herta Moselsio (b. 1892, in Berlin, Germany; d. 1978) was a photographer and a ceramist.
  • -  Purchase; Elizabeth Marshall; 2002.
  • -  Finding aid available in the Library of Congress Performing Arts Reading Room and at http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.music/eadmus.mu017003
  • -  Herta Moselsio Photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation, Music Division, Library of Congress.

Medium

  • 51 photographs (1 box, 1 linear foot)

Call Number/Physical Location

  • ML31 .M7

Repository

Library of Congress Control Number

  • 2006560753

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Chicago citation style:

Moselsio, Herta, and Simon Moselsio. Herta Moselsio photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation. 1939.

APA citation style:

Moselsio, H. & Moselsio, S. (1939) Herta Moselsio photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation.

MLA citation style:

Moselsio, Herta, and Simon Moselsio. Herta Moselsio photographs of Martha Graham's Lamentation. 1939.