Mary Ellen Bute

Tarantella

1940

Red circular background with black jagged lightning shapes and pale teal and cream slashes.
Red circular background with black jagged lightning shapes and pale teal and cream slashes.

Mary Ellen Bute, Tarantella, 1940. 16mm film, color, sound, 5 min., transferred to video, aspect Ratio: 4:3. Whitney Museum of American Art, New York; purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee 2014.102. © Estate of Mary Ellen Bute

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Date
1940

Classification
Film

Medium
16mm film, color, sound, 5 min., transferred to video

Dimensions
Aspect Ratio: 4:3

Accession number
2014.102

Edition
Edition open

Credit line
Purchase, with funds from the Film, Video, and New Media Committee

Rights and reproductions
© Estate of Mary Ellen Bute

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