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5 giorni fa · Artist and patron Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney (1875-1942) was someone else for whom dance was important. Appropriating eastern dance traditions allowed her to explore her own sensuality with a particular emphasis on the grace of long hands and arms, as seen in Baron Adolph de Meyer’s photograph of her performing c1913.
5 giorni fa · The iconic bronze monument, created by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, is located on a hill between the Buffalo Bill Center of the West and West Park Hospital and was originally dedicated on July 4th, 1924. The statue memorializes Buffalo Bill’s pioneering spirit and visionary contribution to the founding and early years of Cody.
4 giorni fa · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney, Cornelius II and Alice’s daughter, donated the gates to Central Park in 1939 where they have remained. After passing through the monumental gates, visitors...
1 giorno fa · Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney in Bakst Costume with Fleurs du Mal, Howard Gardiner Cushing (1869 - 1915)1911-12, oil on canvas The sumptuous exhibition catalogue is a must-have accompaniment to an in-person visit.
5 giorni fa · Learn more about the two dozen Vanderbilt homes in New York that once pulled in the most affluent and famous of guests.
4 giorni fa · Social reformers like Jacob Riis and the founder of the Whitney Museum of American Art, Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney were among the many notable people who served on the first board. The goal...
5 giorni fa · We know a ton about him. He was very, very well off. And he was able to commission one of the largest sites at the cemetery, which incorporates landscape, architecture to some degree, although the designer was not an architect. And he was able to incorporate a sculptural group commissioned by Gertrude Vanderbilt Whitney.
