Bruehl, Anton
American (b. Australia, 1900-1982)

TITLE ON OBJECT: Dance from a Nightclub Act
PUBLISHED TITLE: "Harlem Number," Versailles Cafe, 1943

1943
color print, dye imbibition (Kodak Dye Transfer) print made after 1946
46.0 x 37.0 cm.
Museum Purchase with National Endowment for the Arts support
GEH NEG: 21971
75:0146:0001

BIBLIOGRAPHIC REFERENCES:
Yochelson, Bonnie. --Anton Bruehl.-- New York: Howard Greenberg Gallery, 1998. p. 18.//
Mulligan, Therese & Wooters, David. --Photography from 1839 to today: George Eastman House, Rochester, NY.-- Cologne: Taschen, 1999. p. 565.//

EXHIBITION HISTORY: "Color As Form: A History of Color Photography", US, NY, Rochester, GEH - Brackett Clark Gallery, July 2 - September 5, 1982. (Traveled).//

INSCRIPTION: mat verso-(in pencil) ""Dance from a Nightclub Act" ca. 1943 see mod Photo. Sept. 78"

NOTES: Cataloged 11/84, updated 2/98, DZ.. Published title from --Anton Bruehl--. "During World War II, Bruehl was hired by Esquire, 'the magazine for men,' to create the 'Esquire canteen,' a series of staged New York night club acts, made 'especially for the men in the armed forces.' This one appeared in the July 1943 issue (p. 52)." [Bonnie Yochelson, --Anton Bruehl--, 1998]

SUBJECT: people, dancing