Inscribed by Markova
Portrait photograph of Alicia Markova as Marie Taglioni in PAS DE QUATRE.
[New York: 1945].
Price: $1,850.00
About the item
Half length frontal portrait of the ballerina in costume, with hands folded in her lap. 1 vols. 25 cm x 18.5 cm. (approximately 9-7/8 x 7-1/4 inches). Inscribed by Markova. Photographer's blind stamp at lower right, ink notations on verso giving the subject of the photograph, and the number of the print/negative ("xii 2 4"). Provenance: The estate of Saul Mauriber, Van Vechten's assistant and executor of Van Vechten's photography estate and the compiler of PORTRAITS: THE PHOTOGRAPHY OF CARL VAN VECHTEN (1978).
Item #222360
Inscribed by the great ballerina - one of Van Vechten's favorite subjects - to Van Vechten's assistant:
To Saul / with my very best wishes / always / Alicia Markova / 1945."