Category: The Black Star Collection
Photographer: DEUTSCH, Gerti
Title: Untitled [The Dance That Welcomes Spring, Austria]
Event Date: ca. 1950
Medium: gelatin silver print
Dimensions: approximately: 8 x 10 inches; 20.32 x 25.4 cm
Accession Number: BS.2005.003415

Inscriptions:
Recto, [no inscription]; Verso, handwritten: Austria – Typical / festival; stamped: CREDIT: GERTI DEUTSCH / from BLACK STAR / CLIFFORDS INN. LONDON [location has been crossed out]; handwritten: NYC – Graybar Bldg.; handwritten: The Dance That Welcomes / Spring; typed label: 5. Beautifully carved masks are worn by witches, moors, angels / monkeys and other ingenious monsters. All have their own carriages which / they use as a base from which they can rush off and mingle with the / bewildered crowd. The witches’ carriage is drawn by oxen driven / by little boys dressed as dwarfs.

Tagasauris Keywords: 5 or more people; Austria; Day; Edinburgh Festival Fringe; Festival; Float; History of the world; Outdoors; Ox; Parade; Statue; Tradition
Credit Line: The Image Centre, Black Star Collection.
Black Star Subject: AUSTRIA / FESTIVALS: WELCOMING SPRING
Retouching: N