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On and Off Stage: Performance and Persona

Organized by: Addison Gallery of American Art
02/22/2025 - 07/31/2025

Exhibition Objects (124)

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Image of [Group of women dressed as men]

anonymous - [Group of women dressed as men] 2021.72.638

Image of [Man dressed as a woman]

anonymous - [Man dressed as a woman] 2021.72.629

Image of [Man dressed in a woman’s circus costume]

anonymous - [Man dressed in a woman’s circus costume] 2021.72.637

Image of [Man wearing dress]

anonymous - [Man wearing dress] 2021.72.236

Image of [Man wearing dress]

anonymous - [Man wearing dress] 2021.72.237

Image of [Man wearing dress]

anonymous - [Man wearing dress] 2021.72.238

Image of [Man wearing womens' skirt and top]

anonymous - [Man wearing womens' skirt and top] 2021.72.239

Image of [Men dressed in women's coats and hats]

anonymous - [Men dressed in women's coats and hats] 2021.72.229

Image of [Studio portrait of man in dress]

John Lancaster - [Studio portrait of man in dress] 2021.72.626

Image of [Two women dressed as men]

anonymous - [Two women dressed as men] 2021.72.628

Image of [Woman in cap and trousers in front of tree]

anonymous - [Woman in cap and trousers in front of tree] 2021.72.241

Image of [Woman in three-piece suit and tophat]

anonymous - [Woman in three-piece suit and tophat] 2021.72.230

Image of A young man in curlers dressing for an annual drag ball, N.Y.C.

Diane Arbus - A young man in curlers dressing for an annual drag ball, N.Y.C. 2024.122.2.2

Image of Acrobat

John O'Reilly - Acrobat 2017.39.1214

Image of Acrobat in Green

Walt Kuhn - Acrobat in Green 1931.88

Image of Acrobatic Figurine Cups

Kenneth Price - Acrobatic Figurine Cups 1978.21

Image of Acrobats

Chaim Gross - Acrobats 1943.29

Image of Acrobats

Pavel Tchelitchew - Acrobats 2018.74

Image of Amber Morningstar

Cara Romero - Amber Morningstar 2021.132

Image of Apollo Theatre

Aaron Siskind - Apollo Theatre 2008.24.8

Image of Archetypal Media Image: Leather

Hal Fischer - Archetypal Media Image: Leather 2021.20.9

Image of Archetypal Media Image: Natural

Hal Fischer - Archetypal Media Image: Natural 2021.20.5

Image of Archetypal Media Image: Urbane

Hal Fischer - Archetypal Media Image: Urbane 2021.20.8

Image of Archetypal Media Image: Western

Hal Fischer - Archetypal Media Image: Western 2021.20.7

Image of At the Circus

Russell Cowles - At the Circus 1942.34

Image of Chorus Girls Rehearsing at the Apollo Theater, Harlem

Lucien Aigner - Chorus Girls Rehearsing at the Apollo Theater, Harlem 2015.11.77

Image of Circus

Gifford Beal - Circus 1943.120

Image of Circus, New York City

Ilse Bing - Circus, New York City 2009.79

Image of Curtain Time

Phoebe Cole - Curtain Time 1996.4

Image of Dancer (Intombment)

Milton H. Halberstadt - Dancer (Intombment) 1948.46

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.1

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.2

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.3

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.4

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.5

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.6

Abraham Walkowitz - Dancers 1941.72.7

Image of Dancers

Rico (Frederico) Lebrun - Dancers 1945.7

Image of Doris Humphrey - Shakers

Barbara Morgan - Doris Humphrey - Shakers 1984.29

Image of Drive-by

Nick Cave - Drive-by 2012.30

Image of Eartha Kitt (center) leading a dance troupe rehearsing for the Chez Paree

Wayne F. Miller - Eartha Kitt (center) leading a dance troupe rehearsing for the Chez Paree 2023.32

Image of Food for the Spirit #1

Adrian Piper - Food for the Spirit #1 1999.30.1

Image of Food for the Spirit #12

Adrian Piper - Food for the Spirit #12 1999.30.2

Image of Food for the Spirit #14

Adrian Piper - Food for the Spirit #14 1999.30.3

Image of Four Dancers

Bernard Greenwald - Four Dancers 1996.9

Image of George Balanchine with Two Angels

George Platt Lynes - George Balanchine with Two Angels 1998.133

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.38

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.37

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.39

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.40

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.41

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.42

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.43

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.44

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.32

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.33

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.34

Image of In Their Own Words

Donald Blumberg - In Their Own Words 2021.74.35

Image of Jerome Robbins in Tyl Ulenspiegel

George Platt Lynes - Jerome Robbins in Tyl Ulenspiegel 1998.134

Image of John Kriza

George Platt Lynes - John Kriza 1998.135

Image of Jose Limon - Chaconne

Barbara Morgan - Jose Limon - Chaconne 1984.36

Image of Jose Limon, Cowboy Song

Barbara Morgan - Jose Limon, Cowboy Song 1984.27

Image of Josephine Baker sings at a charity affair in Paris

Lucien Aigner - Josephine Baker sings at a charity affair in Paris 2015.11.85

Image of Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong in a swing version of “A Midsummer Night's Dream” at Rockefeller Center.

Lucien Aigner - Louis "Satchmo" Armstrong in a swing version of “A Midsummer Night's Dream” at Rockefeller Center. 2015.11.25

Image of Lucky Tiger #200

Laurel Nakadate - Lucky Tiger #200 2013.34

Image of Maria Tallchief

Philippe Halsman - Maria Tallchief 1981.182

Image of Maria Tallchief (In Dance Studio)

Philippe Halsman - Maria Tallchief (In Dance Studio) 1981.183

Image of Martha Graham - El Penitente

Barbara Morgan - Martha Graham - El Penitente 1984.41

Image of Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins in "Every Soul's a Circus"

Barbara Morgan - Martha Graham and Erick Hawkins in "Every Soul's a Circus" 1998.142

Image of Martha Graham in "Deep Song"

Barbara Morgan - Martha Graham in "Deep Song" 1998.143

Image of Martha GrahmıPrimitive Mysteries

Barbara Morgan - Martha GrahmıPrimitive Mysteries 1984.40

Image of Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor

Barbara Morgan - Merce Cunningham: Totem Ancestor 1984.28

Image of Mrs. Peanut Visits New York

Charles Atlas - Mrs. Peanut Visits New York 2023.113

Thumbnail for missing image of Murder Mystery People

Cindy Sherman - Murder Mystery People 2013.58.1-17

Image of Musical Clown

Alexander Z. Kruse - Musical Clown 1937.49

Image of Naomi

Cara Romero - Naomi 2021.133

Image of New Mothers

Sally Mann - New Mothers 1990.58

Image of On Stage

Angna Enters - On Stage 1963.12

Image of Outside the Big Tent

George Bellows - Outside the Big Tent 1928.39

Image of Performance

William Gropper - Performance 1965.13.50

Image of Performers

Mitchell Siporin - Performers 2013.40

Image of Plate 371. Acrobat, Vertical Press Up

Eadweard Muybridge - Plate 371. Acrobat, Vertical Press Up 1984.6.365

Image of Production Number

William Anthony - Production Number 2017.2

Image of Ruth Page

Arnold Genthe - Ruth Page 1998.120

Image of Ruth St. Denis

Arnold Genthe - Ruth St. Denis 1998.121

Image of Screen 4

Lorna Simpson - Screen 4 2000.83

Image of Self-Portrait: Horizontal elliptical motion, medium

Blythe Bohnen - Self-Portrait: Horizontal elliptical motion, medium 1992.71

Image of Self-Portrait: Pivotal motion from chin, large

Blythe Bohnen - Self-Portrait: Pivotal motion from chin, large 1992.73

Image of Self-Portrait: Pivotal motion from chin, medium

Blythe Bohnen - Self-Portrait: Pivotal motion from chin, medium 1992.74

Image of Self-Portrait: Vertical Motion Up, Medium; Pivotal Motion, Large

Blythe Bohnen - Self-Portrait: Vertical Motion Up, Medium; Pivotal Motion, Large 1992.76

Image of Shhh...

Hunter Reynolds - Shhh... 2012.83

Image of Study for "Un Ballo in Maschero" (lithograph)

George Tooker - Study for "Un Ballo in Maschero" (lithograph) 1996.80.152

Image of Thank You Very Much

Ida Applebroog - Thank You Very Much 2001.3

Image of the actress

Cindy Sherman - the actress 2013.58.15

Image of the actress (at murder scene)

Cindy Sherman - the actress (at murder scene) 2013.58.4

Image of the actress (daydreaming)

Cindy Sherman - the actress (daydreaming) 2013.58.9

Image of the butler

Cindy Sherman - the butler 2013.58.8

Gifford Beal - The Circus 1940.12

Image of The Circus

George Bellows - The Circus 1947.8

Image of the dashing leading man

Cindy Sherman - the dashing leading man 2013.58.5

Image of the dashing leading man (in character)

Cindy Sherman - the dashing leading man (in character) 2013.58.12

Image of the daughter

Cindy Sherman - the daughter 2013.58.13

Image of the daughter (at funeral)

Cindy Sherman - the daughter (at funeral) 2013.58.2

Image of the detective

Cindy Sherman - the detective 2013.58.10

Image of the director

Cindy Sherman - the director 2013.58.16

Image of the drunken wife

Cindy Sherman - the drunken wife 2013.58.17

Image of the jealous husband

Cindy Sherman - the jealous husband 2013.58.14

Image of the maid

Cindy Sherman - the maid 2013.58.11

Image of The Mirror, Bogotá, Colombia

Wendy Ewald - The Mirror, Bogotá, Colombia 1997.136

Image of the mother of the deceased

Cindy Sherman - the mother of the deceased 2013.58.6

Image of the press

Cindy Sherman - the press 2013.58.1

Image of the son

Cindy Sherman - the son 2013.58.3

Image of the son (at funeral)

Cindy Sherman - the son (at funeral) 2013.58.7

Image of Theatre Magic

Lawrence Beall Smith - Theatre Magic 1938.88

Image of Too bad he wasent a girl [Young man dressed in a woman's coat and hat]

anonymous - Too bad he wasent a girl [Young man dressed in a woman's coat and hat] 2021.72.323

Image of Trapeze Artist

Guy Pène du Bois - Trapeze Artist 1935.41

Image of Trapeze Artist

James Edward Davis - Trapeze Artist 1949.32

Image of Trapeze Artist [Circus Performer]

Gifford Beal - Trapeze Artist [Circus Performer] 1933.79

Image of Tumblers

Harold Edgerton - Tumblers 1996.65

Image of Two Acrobats

Byron Browne - Two Acrobats 1948.2

Image of Untitled

Suzan Pitt - Untitled 1983.15

Nick Cave - Untitled 2010.63

Nick Cave - Untitled 2010.65

Image of Untitled (Amusement Park Crowd)

Robert Frank - Untitled (Amusement Park Crowd) 2021.23

Artists (52)

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Aaron Siskind (New York, NY, Dec 4, 1903 - Feb 8, 1991, Providence, RI)
Abraham Walkowitz (Tyumen, Siberia, Russia, Mar 28, 1878 - Jan 18, 1965, New York, NY)
Adrian Piper (New York, NY, Sep 20, 1948 - )
Alexander Z. Kruse (New York, Feb 9, 1890 - Mar 1972, Tujunga, CA?)
Angna Enters (New York, NY, April 28, 1907 - Feb 25, 1989, Tenafly, NJ)
anonymous
Arnold Genthe (Berlin, Germany, Jan 8, 1869 - Aug 9, 1942, New Milford, CT)
Barbara Morgan (Buffalo, KS, Jul 8, 1900 - Aug 17, 1992, Tarrytown, NY)
Bernard Greenwald (Newark, NJ, 1941 - )
Blythe Bohnen (Evanston, IL, Jul 26, 1940 – Oct 15, 2022, Massachusetts)
Byron Browne (Yonkers, NY, Jun 26, 1907 - Dec 25, 1961, New York, NY)
Cara Romero (Inglewood, CA (Chemehuevi), 1977 – )
Chaim Gross (Kolomea, East Austria, Mar 17, 1904 - May 4, 1991, New York, NY)
Charles Atlas (St. Louis, MO, 1949 – )
Cindy Sherman (Glen Ridge, NJ, January 19, 1954 - )
Diane Arbus (New York, NY, Mar 14, 1923 - Jul 26, 1971, New York, NY)
Donald Blumberg (Brooklyn, New York, Apr 4, 1935 - )
Eadweard Muybridge (Kingston-upon-Thames, England, Apr 9, 1830 - May 8, 1904, Kingston-upon-Thames, England)
George Bellows (Columbus, OH, Aug 12, 1882 - Jan 8, 1925, New York, NY)
George Platt Lynes (East Orange, NJ, Apr 15, 1907 - Dec 6, 1955, New York, NY)
George Tooker (Brooklyn, NY, Aug 5, 1920 - March 27, 2011, Hartland, VT)
Gifford Beal (New York, NY, Jan 24, 1879 - Feb 5, 1956, New York, NY)
Guy Pène du Bois (Brooklyn, NY, Jan 4, 1884 - Jul 18, 1958, Boston, MA)
Hal Fischer (Kansas City, MO, 1950 - )
Harold Edgerton (Fremont, NE, Apr 6, 1903 - Jan 4, 1990, Cambridge, MA)
Hunter Reynolds (Rochester, MN, 1959 – June 12, 2022, New York, NY)
Ida Applebroog (Bronx, NY, Nov 11, 1929 – Oct 23, 2023, New York, NY)
Ilse Bing (Frankfurt, Germany, Mar 23, 1899 - Mar 10, 1998)
James Edward Davis (Clarksburg, WV, Jun 4, 1901 - Sep 15, 1974, Princeton, NJ)
John Lancaster Chester and Birkenhead, British?
John O'Reilly (Orange, NJ, Feb 22, 1930 – May 20, 2021, Worcester, MA)
Kenneth Price (Los Angeles, CA, 1935 - Feb 24, 2012, Arroyo Hondo, N.M.)
Laurel Nakadate (Austin, TX, December 15, 1975 - )
Lawrence Beall Smith (Washington, DC, Oct 2, 1909 - Nov 2,1995, Cross River, NY)
Lorna Simpson (Brooklyn, NY, Aug 13, 1960 - )
Lucien Aigner (Ersekujvar, Hungary, Sep 14, 1901 - Mar 29, 1999, Waltham, MA)
Milton H. Halberstadt (Boston, MA, Jan 2, 1919 - Jun 26, 2000, San Francisco, CA?)
Mitchell Siporin (New York, NY, May 10, 1910 - Jun 11, 1976, Newton, MA)
Nick Cave (Fulton, Missouri, February 4, 1959 - )
Pavel Tchelitchew (Kaluga, Russia, Sep 21, 1898 - Aug 1, 1957, Grottaferrata, Italy)
Philippe Halsman (Riga,Latvia, May 2, 1906 - Jun 25, 1979, New York , NY)
Phoebe Cole (Eugene, OR, July 15, 1955 - January 14, 2017, Eugene, OR)
Rico (Frederico) Lebrun (Naples, Italy, Dec 10, 1900 - May 10, 1964, Malibu, CA)
Robert Frank (Zurich, Switzerland, Nov 9, 1924 - Sept 9, 2019, Inverness, Nova Scotia)
Russell Cowles (Algona, IA, Oct 7, 1887 - Feb 22, 1979, New York, NY)
Sally Mann (Lexington, VA, May 1, 1951 - )
Suzan Pitt (Kansas City, MO, 1943 – June 16, 2019, Taos, NM)
Walt Kuhn (Brooklyn, NY, Oct 27, 1877 - Jul 13, 1949, New York, NY)
Wayne F. Miller (Chicago, IL, September 19, 1918 – May 22, 2013, Orinda, CA)
Wendy Ewald (Detroit, MI, Jun 28, 1951 - )
William Anthony (Fort Monmouth, NJ, September 25, 1934 – December 24, 2022, New York, NY)
William Gropper (New York, NY, Dec 3, 1897 - Jan 4, 1977, Great Neck Estates, NY)

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