T. Lux (Theodor Lukus) Feininger
[Stäbetanz (Stick Dance)]

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Artist T. Lux (Theodor Lukus) Feininger (American, born Germany, 1910–2011)American, born Germany, 1910–2011

CultureAmerican

Titles

[Stäbetanz (Stick Dance)]
[Stäbetanz (Stick Dance), Choreography and Costume by Oskar Schlemmer, Bauhaus Stage]

Datec. 1927, printed 1950s

MediumGelatin silver print

DimensionsImage: 3 13/16 × 4 7/8 in. (9.7 × 12.4 cm)
Sheet: 3 13/16 × 4 7/8 in. (9.7 × 12.4 cm)

Credit LineMuseum purchase funded by Joan Morgenstern

Object number2019.231

Not on view

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Photography

Object Type

PHOTOGRAPHS

DescriptionThe Bauhaus theater master Oskar Schlemmer’s 1922 “Triadic Ballet” and his 1927–28 “Stick Dance,” shown in this photograph, pushed choreography into the modern era. With long sticks lashed to the dancer’s arms, legs, and torso, the dance became a shifting display of geometric lines, described by Schlemmer as “mathematics in motion, the mechanics of points and swivels, and the exactitudes of rhythmics and gymnastics.”
Provenance[Galerie Bassenge, Berlin, 19th-21st Century Photography, June 5, 2019, Lot 4085]; purchased by MFAH, 2019.
Exhibition History"Oskar Schlemmer: The dancing Artist," Centre Pompidou, Metz, 2016-17 (other print)
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

Inscribed in pencil, verso, top center right: T B. // ider [?] // 1927
Typewritten in black, verso, upper left: Triadische Ballett
Inscribed in blue pencil, verso, left center: [illegible]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, left center: 75 [?]
Stamped in red ink, verso, right center: 9/14
Inscribed in pencil, verso, right edge: 62281-B4 [?]
Inscribed in pencil, verso, bottom right edge: T. B. [upside down]

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