By Jack Mitchell
Located in Glenford, NY
Jack Mitchell signed vintage mid-20th Century photograph of Broadway and Movie star Tommy Tune. Photo taken in 1974. Highly collectible original vintage silver gelatin print, stamped on back by the photographer "Copyright 1974 JACK MITCHELL 356 East 74, New York City" and signed by Mitchell in 1978.
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Jack Mitchell (1925 - 2013) was an American photographer of artists, dancers, film and theater performers, musicians and writers. He is hailed as one of the most important dance photographers of the 20th century. His work appeared in major newspapers and on the cover of major magazines, including over 160 covers of Dance Magazine. The Smithsonian called him “the benchmark by which other dance photographers assessed their own work”.
Mitchell photographed John Lennon and Yoko Ono, 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, Natalie Wood, and Gloria Swanson. His work appeared in The New York Times, Elle, Harper's Bazaar, Life, Newsweek, People, Rolling Stone, Time, Vanity Fair and Vogue, among others.
Tommy Tune, born February 28, 1939, is a six-foot, seven-inch tall Broadway tap dancer, actor, singer, choreographer, and director from Wichita Falls, Texas His father was an oil rig worker, horse trainer, and restaurateur. He moved to New York City and within twenty-four hours landed a role in the road company of Irma La Douce...
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1970s Modern Brigitte Carnochan Art