The Art of Performance
Dance & Ballet
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37 Max Dupain
Henry Legerton, 1938/c.1980s. Photograph, silver gelatin print, signed lower right, 50 x 39.8cm.
Legerton was member of one of the Ballets Russes that toured Australia between 1936 and 1940, and later became a member of the Kirsova Ballet Company.

$2,500
38 Max Dupain
Sonia Woizikowski, 1938/c.1980s. Photograph, silver gelatin print, signed lower right, 49.5 x 39.5cm.
The daughter of Leon Woizikowski, Sonia was a member of one of the Ballets Russes companies that toured Australia between 1936 and 1940.

$2,500
39 Max Dupain
Helene Kirsova, 1938/c.1980s. Photograph, silver gelatin print, signed lower right, 49.5 x 38.5cm.
Helene Kirsova was a member of one of the Ballets Russes that toured Australia between 1936 and 1940, and formed her own company, Kirsova Ballet, in 1941.

$2,500
40 Max Dupain
Valentina Blindua and Valentin Froman in 'The Firebird', c.1938/1980s. Photograph, silver gelatin print, signed and dated, 48.5 x 37cm.

$2,500
41 Max Dupain
Irina Vassilieva (in 'Les Sylphides'), c.1938 /c.1980s. Photograph, silver gelatin print, signed and dated, 39.5 x 49.4cm.
Vassilieva was a member of one of the Ballets Russes that toured Australia 1936-1940.

$2,800
42 Will Dyson
(The Spanish Dancer), c.1926. Linocut, numbered 21, signed and inscribed To Lysbeth Adam, 23 x 13cm.
Rare Dyson image: Dyson did very few linocuts.

$1,750
43 Goldberg et al.
Leon Woizikowski, c.1930s. Four photographs, silver gelatin prints: (1) The Firebird, 16 x 11.5cm. (2) The Firebird Pas de Deux, 17 x 15cm. (3) Prince Igor, 15.2 x 11cm. (4) Petrouchka, 19 x 14cm.
Leon Woizikowski (1899-1975) was one of Diaghilev's most outstanding character dancers. He also visited Australia with one of the Ballets Russes companies. His daughter, Sonia, was also a member of the same company.

The Four
$1,650
44 Max Klinger
Marriage Celebration of Cupid and Psyche, 1880. Etching and aquatint, 25.2 x 17.2cm.
Cupid & Psyche - Opus V. Singer #107.

$1,100