Lincoln Kirstein - A Bibliography of Published Writings, 1922 - 1996

It is impossible to overstate the importance of Lincoln Kirstein (1907-1996) to the arts in America. One of the rare talents who touched the entire artistic field of his time - ballet, film, literature, theater, painting, sculpture, photography, architecture he is perhaps best known for bringing the choreographer George Balanchine to the United States, and for founding with him the supremely influential School of American Ballet and the New York City Ballet. Kirstein was also a persuasive and lucid writer who published over 500 books, articles and monographs. Now, in honor of the centennial of Kirstein's birth, Eakins Press presents the most comprehensive bibliography ever of his huge literary output, annotated, indexed and categorized into Fiction; Poetry; Drama and Ballet Libretti; On Dance; On Drawing, Painting, Sculpture and Architecture; On Photography; On Film; On Literature, History, Politics and other Subjects; and Memoir.

This impressive work includes selected excerpts and a chronology of a life which, as Hilton Kramer wrote in the New York Times, has helped to shape some of the most valuable parts of our culture.