Margaret Bourke-White
Semionova: Premiére Ballerina Great Theatre: Moscow

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Artist Margaret Bourke-White American, 1904–1971

PublisherPublished by Argus Press

CultureAmerican

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Semionova: Premiére Ballerina Great Theatre: Moscow
from Margaret Bourke-White's Photographs of the USSR

Date1931, printed 1934

Place depictedMoscow, Russia

MediumPhotogravure

DimensionsImage: 9 3/16 × 13 in. (23.3 × 33 cm)
Sheet: 14 1/16 × 20 in. (35.7 × 50.8 cm)

Credit LineGift of Mike and Mickey Marvins

Object number2013.729.21

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Photography

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Marvins Family Collections

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ProvenanceLydia Winston Malbin, d. 1989, New York; [Sotheby's New York, April 26, 1990, lot 290]; purchased by Michael and Michele Marvins, Houston; given to MFAH, 2013.
Inscriptions, Signatures and Marks

verso of mat upper left in pencil: # 17

verso of mat upper left printed label: Lydia Winston Malbin / 483 Aspin Road / Birmingham, Mich. 48009
printed on margin below image: SEMIONOVA: PREMIÉRE BALLERINA / GREAT THEATRE: MOSCOW

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