20th Century Art

Graffiti and visual artist Keith Haring photographed with one of his paintings in April 1984. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photograph...

Harkness Ballet dancer nude portrait study, 1972. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

Unidentified male model, multiple exposure with plant leaves, 1971. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from...

Adult film star Cal Culver (AKA Casey Donovan) 'After Dark' magazine nude study, photographed in 1972. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium t...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph, Ballerina Silhouette, 1971. It is signed on the print verso in pencil by Jack Mitchell. This is a print that was published by a newspaper o...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of anonymous male dancer, 1965. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell, (1925-...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Rudolf Nureyev photographed playing the piano during a rehearsal break in 1962. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a c...

Model Michael Findlay, nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes ...

Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro the iconic nude portrait taken during the photo session for After Dark magazine, 1970, shortly after starring in Andy Warhol's 'Trash'. Vintage 11 x ...

Composer/Conductor Leonard Bernstein, photographed in 1977. Vintage silver gelatin photograph signed (printed in his own hand) by Jack Mitchell. Phot...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a session for After Dark magazine and was selected and signed by Jack Mitchell as one of his favorites. Jack’s artist statement on his work for the magazine: “After Dark was a magazine of entertainment, theater and the arts. It was a popular magazine, with a gay slant, enjoyed by many gay men, and some broad minded women and men. As well as (I learned years later) many closeted male youngsters. The magazine was ahead of its time, as advertisers were reluctant to place ads in an essentially gay magazine...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Colm Wilkenson, Terrance Mann in "Les Miserables" on Broadway, 1987. This is the famous photograph published in the New York Times just ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham with dancers and video camera performing "TV Rerun" at Westbeth, New York City in 1978. Com...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Musicians and friends Itzak Perlman and Pinchas Zukerman photographed at Perlman's apartment in ...

5040 4 12 1991 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, of dance company founder Twyla Tharp and dancer Raymond Kurshalis in "Fait Accompli", 1984. Signed on the print...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British figure skater, Olympic and World Champion John Curry, 1976, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print ve...

Jack Mitchell (September 13, 1925 – November 7, 2013) was an American photographer. He photographed American artists, dancers, film and theatre performers, musicians and writers.[1] His portraiture, lighting skill, and ability to capture dancers in what he termed "moving stills" made him one of the most important dance photographers of the 20th century. He photographed the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater for three decades, producing a body of work that includes over ten thousand images. He was the official photographer of the American Ballet Theatre for a decade and also photographed dancers for other top ballet companies in the US and Canada. His work appeared in major newspapers and on the cover of major magazines, including over 160 covers of Dance Magazine. Arts Magazine called him the first photographer to treat creative individuals as characters outside of their works. Smithsonian called him the benchmark by which other dance photographers assessed their own work. Early life Mitchell was born in Key West in 1925, and he was raised there and in New Smyrna Beach, Florida, where his family moved in 1931.[2][3] His father worked for the railroad.[2] He became interested in photography, and when he was twelve his parents bought him a Kodak Baby Brownie for $54.[2][3][4] Career By age 15 he had met Florida's licensing standards to obtain a press pass, by age 16 he was working as a commercial photographer,[1][5] and his first published photograph was of Veronica Lake, who was visiting Florida while on a war bonds tour.[2] Mitchell was an Army photographer during World War II, working in Italy.[2] In 1946, after returning home from the army, he set up his first studio in New Smyrna Beach.[1] In 1949, when he was 24, at the invitation of Ted Shawn, he visited Jacob's Pillow Dance and became interested in dance photography, which became a specialty.[2][5] He moved his studio to New York City in 1950.[6] He was the American Ballet Theatre's official photographer.[2] Starting in the 1961 he spent decades photographing the Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, producing over 10,000 images of the company;[2][5] Ailey's biographer Jennifer Dunning credited Mitchell's work for "help[ing] to sell the company early on".[5] Mitchell also photographed dancers of the Boston Ballet, Les Grands Ballets Canadiens, Pennsylvania Ballet, Houston Ballet, and San Francisco Ballet.[6] Mitchell shot over 160 covers for Dance Magazine;[2] his 168th cover was published in July 2003.[4] His term for what he was attempting to capture with dance photography was "moving stills."[5] He was known as a lighting expert.[2][5] Mitchell also photographed other artists, entertainers, musicians, and writers, including John Lennon and Yoko Ono just a month before Lennon was murdered.[2] Other subjects included Leonard Bernstein, David Byrne, Truman Capote, Anthony Quinn, Jack Nicholson, Patti LuPone, Keith Haring, Neil Simon, Angela Lansbury, Twyla Tharp, Ned Rorem, Leontyne Price, Alfred Hitchcock, Spalding Gray, Ann Reinking, Andy Warhol, and Natalie Wood.[2] He spent a decade photographing Gloria Swanson.[5] His work appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair and Vogue, among others.[2][4][6] Mitchell was the subject of a 2006 documentary, My Life is Black and White, directed by Craig Highberger.[2] His books include Icons & Idols (1998), for which Edward Albee wrote the foreword,[2][4] and a book of his Alvin Ailey photography...

Warhol Superstar 'Trash' star, and model Jane Forth, 'After Dark' nude cover shot for the April 1970 issue, photographed in 1970. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium ton...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Choreographer Robert Joffrey, Nels Jorgensen & Paul Sutherland dancing in 1962. This is a print that was pu...

Comedian Robin Williams cries like his new baby son Zachary for Jack Mitchell's camera, photographed in 1984. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, 11 x 14" made by...

Male model Brahm multiple-exposure nude portrait study, 1970. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the J...

Harkness Ballet principal dancer Dale Talley photographed nude in 1978 for 'After Dark' magazine. One of Mitchell's most beautiful color photographs. This ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of British pop artist Gerald Laing and his wife Galina pose nude for wedding photos in Jack Mitchell's studio,...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of twin brothers Jay and Jed Johnson photographed for 'After Dark' magazine on June 8, 1970. Comes dire...

5203 4 41 1995 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, of the New York City Ballet performing, an unusual backstage silhouette, 1980 Comes directly from the ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Native American Prima Ballerina Maria Tallchief in 'Firebird' at the NYC Ballet in 1963. Comes directly from t...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Grammy Award-winning Singer Songwriter Carly Simon, photographed in 1971 signed by Jack Mitchell on the print...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of composer and musician Ravi Shankar, performing at the Cathedral of St. John the Divine in 1976. Signed by Ja...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Photorealist Artist John Kacere at an exhibition of his paintings in 19712. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certi...

Warhol superstar Joe Dallesandro photographed nude for After Dark magazine, 1970, shortly after starring in Andy Warhol's 'Trash'. Vintage 11 x 14 inch silver gelatin exhibition phot...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Adagio dancers Luis Villanueve and Zinaida Yeviko, 1975, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitch...

Dancer/Choreographer Lar Lubovitch, 1971. This is an 8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph that was published by a newspaper or magazine which they u...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

Nude portrait study of Paris Opera Ballet dancer Patrick DuPond for 'After Dark' magazine, 1983. This is a vintage silver gelatin photograph made by...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Modern Dance Masters: Martha Graham, Twyla Tharp, Jose Limon, Merce Cunningham, Paul Taylor, Erick Hawkins,...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Merce Cunningham performing 'Solo' in 1975, signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives w...

4625 2 10 1986 1/20. This is a vintage gelatin silver print, selenium toned, made by hand by master photographer Jack Mitchell and signed both on the recto and verso. Chosen by the p...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Poet/Photographer and Andy Warhol assistant Gerard Malanga photographed in Manhattan in 1970. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Come...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph, multiple exposure male nude. Titled, numbered, dated, and signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. Jack Mitchell's artist’s statement on this project: For five decades in New York City I photographed established and emerging creative and performing artists for major publications. The Numbered Nudes photographs are a development, and expansion, of my dance photography...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theatre dancer Ruth Ann Koesun as the Sugar Plum Fairy in "The Nutcracker", double exposu...

8 x 10" vintage silver gelatin photograph ofRudolf Nureyev photographed at Monique van Vooren's apartment in 1970. This is a print that was published by Af...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of soprano Beverly Sills in “Roberto Devereux”, 1972, 10/25. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Come...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of musician/singer David Byrne, founding member and principal songwriter of the American New Wave b...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of dancer Christine Klepal performing, 1983. Signed by Jack Mitchell on the print verso. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives wit...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of American Ballet Theater principal dancers Cynthia Gregory and Fernando Bujones costumed for ‘Swan Lake’, ...

Dancer/Choreographer Christopher Gillis photographed in December 1986 when he was principal dancer with the Paul Taylor Company. He died from AIDS complications in 1993 at the age of...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of Dancer/Choreographer Paul Taylor and Company Performing 'Orbs', 1966. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph, signed by Jack Mitchell. Comes directly from the Jack Mitchell Archives with a certificate of authenticity. This photograph was from a se...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of 16 year old 'The Waltons' actor Richard Thomas at home with his family at the beginning of his film and television career, 1968. Comes ...

11 x 14" vintage silver gelatin photograph of NYCB dancer Suzanne Farrell in "Don Quixote", 1966. With notations on the print verso by Jack Mitchell, t...

16 x 20" vintage silver gelatin photograph of artist Alex Katz in his studio, photographed in 1964. It is signed by Jack Mitchell on the recto and in pencil on the verso. Comes direc...