La Pavlova
Fine Arts
Inventory number
2024.11.28.4.FA.GR.C1911.FRAuthor:
Charles-Felix GERARD (French, 1883-1941)Description
Charcoal on paper. Portrait of Russian prima ballerina Anna PAVLOVA. The stylised drawing is composed of gestural lines and shading. It depicts the subject neck up, in three quarter view, with blush, and layed, curled hair. The stamp of the atelier's signature is placed in the bottom right corner.Anna PAVLOVA was a Russian prima ballerina who began her career in the Russian Imperial Ballet under Marius PETIPA in St.Petersburg. She is most known for her 1907 role in the solo ballet The Dying Swan, choreographed by Michel FOKINE. She participated in the first season of the Ballet Russes in 1909 under Sergei DIAGHILEV in Paris. She would go on to form a ballet company under her own name, continuing to participate in American, European and Russian tours until her untimelely death in 1931 in The Hague, Netherlands, due to pneumonia.
Material
Charcoal on paperOrigin
circa 1911 Paris, FranceDimensions
Width : 1.25 cmLength : 26 cm
Height : 32 cm