Zina RICHARD / Original watercolour and gouache drawing of Richard 1857

Description

Original watercolour and gouache drawing of Richard in an unidentified ballet. From the collection of dance historian George Verdak (1923-1993)
Author:
RICHARD, Zina 1832-1890 [aka Zina Mérante]
Title:
Original watercolour and gouache drawing of Richard in an unidentified ballet. From the collection of dance historian George Verdak (1923-1993)
Publication:
[?Paris]: [ca. 1857]
Description:
Image size ca. 167 x 130 mm., sheet size 250 x 190 mm. Signature present but indecipherable, "1857" in pencil to blank upper left corner.
Provenance
The George Verdak Collection
Browned; slightly creased; tears to lower edge and lower left area, not affecting image; laid down to mounting sheet.
Richard, a Russian dancer and wife of French ballet master Louis Mérante, was most prominent in Paris from 1857-1863, where she became the foremost interpreter of Giselle, performing at the Opéra under the name of Zina Richard.
Seller ID:
29885
Subject:
Art & Photographs
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