Dancers: Nina Schelemskaya - Ballet Ellen Tels, Paris by Max Pollak

Dancers: Nina Schelemskaya - Ballet Ellen Tels, Paris by Max Pollak

Dancers: Nina Schelemskaya - Ballet Ellen Tels, Paris

Max Pollak

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Title

Dancers: Nina Schelemskaya - Ballet Ellen Tels, Paris

 
Artist

Max Pollak

  1886 - 1970 (biography)
Year
c. 1925  
Technique
drypoint with hand-applied color 
Image Size
9 3/4 x 5 13/16" platemark 
Signature
pencil, lower right 
Edition Size
XVIII/XX 
Annotations
titled in the plate, lower edge; pencil editioned, lower left; red Friedl Pollak Collection stamp, lower left sheet corner 
Reference
 
Paper
sturdy cream laid 
State
published 
Publisher
artist 
Inventory ID
24049 
Price
$475.00 
Description

Nina Schelemskaya-Schelesnaya Bing, ballet dancer, was the wife of Sir Rudolph Bing who served as the general manager of New York's Metropolitan Opera from 1950 to 1972,.

Before her marriage, Lady Bing, who was born in Moscow, was a member of the Ellen Tels Ballet, a Russian company. Both she and Sir Rudolph, who were married in 1928, were naturalized British citizens.

 

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