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Yousuf Karsh
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Martha Graham (1895–1991) Graham’s impact on dance is comparable to Pablo Picasso’s on art, Frank Lloyd Wright’s on architecture, and Igor Stravinsky’s on music. She invented a new language of movement uninhibited by the constraints of classical ballet. Karsh initially felt constrained by Graham’s stark studio with its low ceiling, but he sat her on a stool and “asked her to assume various attitudes as if she had the space of a great stage around her…. This restricted posture presented no problem, such perfect control had she over her body…. She seemed to be dancing. In fact, she was dancing.”
Canadian, born Armenia, 1908–2002
Martha Graham
1948
Object Type:
Photograph
Dimensions:
20 in. x 16 in. (50.8 cm x 40.64 cm)
Medium and Support:
Gelatin silver print on paper
Accession Number:
2009.0009.0003
Credit Line:
Gifted to the Montgomery Museum of Fine Arts by Mrs. Yousuf Karsh in honor of Museum Director, Mark M. Johnson
Copyright:
© Estate of Yousuf Karsh
Martha Graham (1895–1991) Graham’s impact on dance is comparable to Pablo Picasso’s on art, Frank Lloyd Wright’s on architecture, and Igor Stravinsky’s on music. She invented a new language of movement uninhibited by the constraints of classical ballet. Karsh initially felt constrained by Graham’s stark studio with its low ceiling, but he sat her on a stool and “asked her to assume various attitudes as if she had the space of a great stage around her…. This restricted posture presented no problem, such perfect control had she over her body…. She seemed to be dancing. In fact, she was dancing.”
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