Name: Breakout Star Villella, Edward. (b. 1936) [lindquist, John. (1910–1985)] Trio Of Signed Photographs Taken At Jacob's Pillow Gift Ready [1XJiWYjs]
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Breakout Star Villella, Edward. (b. 1936) [lindquist, John. (1910–1985)] Trio Of Signed Photographs Taken At Jacob's Pillow Gift Ready [1XJiWYjs]

Trio of signed original photographs of the American dancer and choreographer, taken by John Lundquist, the official photographer of Jacob's Pillow. All three photographs have been inscribed to Paul McMahon. One photograph printed on Agfa Brovira paper. Photographer's stamp to verso of all three images. Light surface creasing, overall in fine condition. 8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.). A print of one of the present photographs is included in the Jacob's Pillow archives.

The site of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival in Becket, Massachusetts was first bought by Ted Shawn in 1931. There he founded a dance retreat for his all-male corps, who constructed many of the buildings on the site. The retreat had evolved into the location of a summer festival by the 1940's. John Lindquist (1890–1980), who had begun photographing Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers in 1938, was the official photographer of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival until his death in 1980. In this role, he knew and photographed many of the most important American dancers of the mid-twentieth century, as well as traditional dancers from cultures around the world. A collection of more than 7,000 of Lindquist's dance photographs is held at Houghton Library at Harvard.

From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications.