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New York City Ballet

Object Details

Catalogue Status
Research in Progress
Description
On black background, five scenes of a pair of feet in ballet points. Each pair is in one of the five basic positions of ballet. Separating each of these pairs of feet is a single work in text which reads: NEW/ YORK/ CITY/ BALLET.
Data Source
Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum
Designer
Edward Gorey, American, 1925–2000
Date
1974–75
Credit Line
Gift of Unknown Donor
Medium
Offset lithograph on paper
Dimensions
66 x 30.5 cm (26 x 12 in.)
Type
graphic design
Object Name
Poster
Type
Poster

Featured In

  • Explore America: New York
  • The Art of Ballet
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