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Three Quarter Face Horizontal, Head, Nureyev (Study #26), 1977
Combined mediums, 16 x 20, framed 19 ¾" x 24"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Curtain Call, 2001
combined mediums on cardboard, 80" x 60", framed 90 ½" x 70 ½"
Collection of the Artist
Double Image, Head, Nureyev (Study #21), 1977
Combined mediums, 20 x 16", framed 21 ¾" x 17 ¾"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Half Smile, Nureyev (Study #20), 1977
Combined mediums, 20" x 16", framed 21 ¾" x 17 ¾"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Nureyev-Don Quixote-White Background, 2001
Combined mediums on cardboard, 30 ½" x 37", framed 36" x 42 ½"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Mort de Noureev, 2001
Combined mediums on cardboard, 42 ½" x 78", framed 48 ½" x 84"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Portrait of Rudolf Nureyev-Dress Rehearsal/Raymonda, c. 1977
Combined mediums, sight 19 ¼" x 15 3/8", framed 25 ¼" x 21 1/8";
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Nureyev-Don Quixote-Yellow Background, 2001
Combined mediums on cardboard, 47 ¾" x 36", framed 54" x 42"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Nureyev-Purple Scarf, 2001
Combined mediums, 35 ½" x 25 ½", framed 42" x 32"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Nureyev-Swan Lake, 2001
Combined mediums on cardboard, 48" x 30", framed 54" x 36"
Jamie Wyeth
Collection of the Artist
Profile, In Fur, Nureyev (Study #9), 1977
Combined mediums, 20x16, framed 24 7/8" x 20 7/8"
Collection of Andrew and Betsy Wyeth
Wyeth Study Center
Collection of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Wyeth

 

 

DATES AND PLACES

Don't miss Capturing Nureyev: James Wyeth Paints the Dancer in the Education Resource Center of the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts, from February 7 to March 10, 2002.

Not in the Washington, DC area? You can also catch the exhibit at The New York Public Library for the Performing Arts' Vincent Astor Gallery in New York City, New York, from March 22-May 25, 2002; and at The Farnsworth Art Museum in Rockland, Maine, from June 8-October 20, 2002.

TEACHING RESOURCES

Bring the work of James Wyeth and Rudolf Nureyev to the classroom through exciting lesson plans and other educational resources.