Name/Title
Reinhart, Stewart (1897-1970) "Spectre of the Roses"Entry/Object ID
2025.900.FA18251Tags
Oil PaintingDescription
This painting takes its name from Le Spectre de la rose, a short ballet created in 1911 by Jean-Louis Vaudoyer. In it, a young girl dreams of dancing with the spirit of a rose worn to her first ball. It was famous for the performance of legendary dancer Vaslav Nijinsky, who leaped through one of the two large windows pictured at the back of the stage. Reinhart’s painting carefully retains markers of its theatrical origins, from spotlights to the dancers’ costumes, from the production’s stage to instruments in the orchestra pit at front.Collection
Mt. Morris TB Hospital FAP CollectionCondition
Overall Condition
GoodDate Examined
Jul 31, 2025Notes
1 scratch center left bottom/up to soda, 1 hole bottom left center/part of scratchesProvenance
Provenance Detail
Created under the Works Progress Administration’s Federal Art Project (1930s–1940s), this collection of easel paintings was originally installed at the Mount Morris Tuberculosis Sanitorium in Livingston County, New York. Following the sanitorium’s closure in 1970, the artworks were abandoned and remained in storage until their rediscovery decades later. Now preserved and exhibited by the Genesee Valley Council on the Arts (GVCA), the collection is housed at the New Deal Museum in Mount Morris. Current efforts include digitization, high-resolution photography, and the creation of an online archive to ensure long-term public access and research availability.General Notes
Note Type
Cataloging NoteNote
See the entry titled 'New Deal Collection Documents' for supporting documents, and general historic and research information.
