Very Rare Large Vintage Harvey Edwards Iconic Leg Warmers Original Screenprint Lithograph on Thick Woven Paper. Leg Warmers is a photographic distillation of the emotion, determination, fortitude, hard work and sheer will power required to become a ballet dancer. The work was created by Harvey Edwards, for over 45 years a celebrated dance photographer, who was inspired by his cousin Bruce Marks, a principal dancer with The American Ballet Theatre. Edwards marveled at the punishingly long hours and sheer stamina required to dance at this level and sought to capture these qualities in his images. During the course of his successful career, Edwards has collaborated with a host of artistic directors Mikhail Baryshnikov, Alvin Ailey, Robert Joffrey, Merce Cunnigham and Peter Martins, while his many charitable projects have brought him into contact with Hollywood celebrities Robert Redford, Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward, Cary Grant and Tony Bennett. Edwards’ works hang in the Pompidou in Paris and the LA County Museum of Art, among others.
