Ballet Dancers Poster For Living Room

Two dancers cross in arabesque on a deep green ground, one in an ivory tutu, one in black, their poses mirrored so closely that the pairing reads as ballet's oldest double act — the white swan and her dark shadow. The bill is for an NYC Ballet Festival at the Music Hall, four performances in October 1969, and the drawing keeps a period lithograph's grain and restraint. Nothing moves except the two figures, and they move against each other. Dark wood deepens the green without fighting it. At 18×24in this earns a living-room wall, hung so the arabesques sit near eye level. The 1992 Grand Prix dancer shares its green register and makes the thoughtful pairing.