Collection Highlights
Mrs. Pierre Toussaint (ca. 1786-1851)
ca. 1825
1920.5
Watercolor on ivory
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Title
Anna Pavlova (1881-1931)
Date
1924
Medium
Brown flesh tone painted plaster with wooden base
Dimensions
Overall: 25 3/4 x 20 x 10 1/2 in. ( 65.4 x 50.8 x 26.7 cm )
Description
Portrait bust
Credit Line
Gift of the artist
Object Number
1952.45
Marks
inscriptions: signed under left arm: "Malvina/1924"
Gallery Label
Pavlova, the famous Russian dancer, was born in St. Petersburg and studied at the Imperial Ballet School there. She toured America for the first time in 1910, by which date she had formed her own company, choosing as her first partner the brilliant Mikhail Mordkin who was succeeded by Adolph Bolm and others. Her most famous role was "The Dying Swan," choreographed for her by Michel Fokine.
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
