Felix Topolski Study Of Prima Ballerina Dame Alicia Markova Circa.1950

Felix Topolski Study Of Prima Ballerina Dame Alicia Markova Circa.1950Felix Topolski 1907 1989 Polish British School 20th. Century. An expressive ink study of the prima ballerina Dame Alicia Markova. Sepia ink on buff paper, there is an area of loss to the top left with a patch repair of 4 by 2. 5 cms. Signed lower right. 17 by 24. 5 cms. To the mounted image. 31. 5 by 40. 5 cms. Framed overall. Alicia Markova 1910 2004 was one of the greatest ballet dancers of the 20th century and the first British born prima

Some fritting and chips as to be expected and to no real detriment

She also wrote and illustrated "The Epistles of Pamela" Published in Ure Smith's "Home" A witty tale of Australian life as experienced by a newcomer

Bonhams London

Blanche Fury is a classic 1940s technicolor melodrama directed by Marc Allégret

Engraved by B Baron

Century A pair family portraits

Initialled and dated 1830

10 by 16 cms

55 by 40 cms

he studied under Sir Benjamin West at the Royal Academy Schools and in 1782 he began exhibiting at the Royal Academy

Webber collaborated with Bartolozzi to execute his famous depiction of the death of Cook

He established his reputation as a scholar of the Old Masters