Jones, Bill T. (b. 1952)

"Good Life! Good Life!" - Signed Photograph

Handsome and intimate portrait photograph of the great multidisciplinary artist, who has inscribed "To Paul / Good Life! / Good Life! / Bill T. Jones 10/04."  In very fine condition.  8 x 10 inches (20.3 x 25.4 cm.).

"Bill T. Jones, a multi-talented artist, choreographer, dancer, theater director and writer, has received major honors ranging from the 2013 National Medal of Arts to a 1994 MacArthur 'Genius' Award and Kennedy Center Honors in 2010.  In 1982 he formed the Bill T. Jones/Arnie Zane Dance Company with his late partner, Arnie Zane.  In addition to creating more than 140 works for his own company, Mr. Jones has received many commissions to create dances for modern and ballet companies, including Alvin Ailey American Dance Theater, Boston Ballet, Lyon Opera Ballet, and Berlin Opera Ballet, among others." (New York Live Arts)

From the collection of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. (20408)


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