Anna Pavlova “Legendary Dancer with Laurent Novikoff”
c. 1912
Artist, American, born Russia, 1871 - 1948
Artwork overview
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Medium
gelatin silver print
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
image: 18.9 × 13.8 cm (7 7/16 × 5 7/16 in.)
sheet: 20.2 × 15.2 cm (7 15/16 × 6 in.) -
Accession
2018.177.282
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
(sale, RMY Auctions, Wilder, ID); Rhys M. Yeakley, Wilder, ID; Mary and Dan Solomon, Monarch Beach, CA; gift to NGA, 2018.
Associated Names
Inscriptions
by unknown hand, lower left in negative: C / MISHKIN / NY; on verso, by unknown hand, upper left in graphite circled: 8; center left in orange crayon perpendicular: -5-; lower left stamped in blue ink inverted: [CHICAGO] DAILY NEWS / PAGE [by unknown hand in graphite: 4] / COPY [by unknown hand in graphite: 8] / ISSUE [by unknown hand in graphite: Jan. 24-25]; lower center stamped in black ink: ANNA PAVLOVA [underlined in graphite] / The Incomp[illegible] / and her Ballet Russe; lower right: Laurent Novikoff; by unknown hand, bottom center in orange crayon inverted: 3 1/2; bottom right in graphite: Anna Pavlova