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Annie Leibovitz — June Omura, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York
Annie Leibovitz — June Omura, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York
Annie Leibovitz — June Omura, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York
Annie Leibovitz

June Omura, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York

1999

Captured in the verdant landscape of Rhinebeck, New York, this large-scale digital pigment print from 1999 freezes dancer June Omura of the Mark Morris Dance Group in a moment of extraordinary physical poetry. Annie Leibovitz brings to this image the same commanding attention to light, environment, and human presence that defines her most iconic portraiture, yet the natural setting introduces an organic unpredictability that elevates the work beyond the controlled studio. The dancer's body becomes both subject and symbol, a conduit between the cultivated world of contemporary dance and the open terrain of the Hudson Valley countryside. Leibovitz produced this photograph as part of her sustained engagement with the performers and collaborators of the Mark Morris Dance Group, a body of work that earned widespread critical recognition for its sensitivity to movement and the expressive lives of dancers at rest and in motion. The print measures 83.8 by 105.4 centimeters, a scale that commands the wall and rewards sustained looking, drawing the viewer into the spatial relationship between figure and landscape with considerable intimacy. The work is hand-signed by the artist, affirming its status as an authenticated original print rather than a reproduction, and it presents in sound condition with no reported major issues to the sheet. For collectors of contemporary photography, this work occupies a meaningful position at the intersection of Leibovitz's celebrated portraiture practice and a broader art historical tradition of placing the human figure within landscape. It is a resolved, substantial object that carries both documentary significance, as a record of a specific dancer and choreographic community at a particular cultural moment, and genuine aesthetic ambition. The absence of a frame presents an opportunity for the collector to make considered decisions about presentation suited to their own space.

Medium
Digital pigment print
Overall
Signed
Yes
Location
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, United States

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Annie Leibovitz, June Omura, Dancer, Mark Morris Dance Group, Clifton Point, Rhinebeck, New York, 1999

Captured in the verdant landscape of Rhinebeck, New York, this large-scale digital pigment print from 1999 freezes dancer June Omura of the Mark Morris Dance Group in a moment of extraordinary physical poetry. Annie Leibovitz brings to this image the same commanding attention to light, environment, and human presence that defines her most iconic portraiture, yet the natural setting introduces an organic unpredictability that elevates the work beyond the controlled studio. The dancer's body becomes both subject and symbol, a conduit between the cultivated world of contemporary dance and the open terrain of the Hudson Valley countryside. Leibovitz produced this photograph as part of her sustained engagement with the performers and collaborators of the Mark Morris Dance Group, a body of work that earned widespread critical recognition for its sensitivity to movement and the expressive lives of dancers at rest and in motion. The print measures 83.8 by 105.4 centimeters, a scale that commands the wall and rewards sustained looking, drawing the viewer into the spatial relationship between figure and landscape with considerable intimacy. The work is hand-signed by the artist, affirming its status as an authenticated original print rather than a reproduction, and it presents in sound condition with no reported major issues to the sheet. For collectors of contemporary photography, this work occupies a meaningful position at the intersection of Leibovitz's celebrated portraiture practice and a broader art historical tradition of placing the human figure within landscape. It is a resolved, substantial object that carries both documentary significance, as a record of a specific dancer and choreographic community at a particular cultural moment, and genuine aesthetic ambition. The absence of a frame presents an opportunity for the collector to make considered decisions about presentation suited to their own space.

Medium
Digital pigment print
Dimensions
overall: 83.8 x 105.4 cm
Year
1999
Signed
Hand-signed by the artist
Seen at
Heritage Auctions, Dallas, United States

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