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Portraits and Publicity Shots
A collection of approximately seven hundred photographs and snap-shots of Margot Fonteyn with friends colleagues and admirers, circa 1940s-1980s, majority black and white, a number with photographer's ink credit on reverse, including shots of Frederick Ashton by Angus McBean -- 9¾x7¾in. (24.2x19.7cm.); a shot by Baron, signed by photographer on the mount in black ink and additionally inscribed with love, Happy Xmas, Baron -- 8x6in. (20.3x15.2cm.); other photographers include Jennie Walton, Gordon Anthony and Felix Fonteyn; majority press stills, including a number of duplicate images, subjects include: Fonteyn on various occasions with Rudolf Nureyev, Fonteyn dining with friends, Fonteyn delivering speeches on various occasions, appearing on This Is Your Life with Ninette De Valois, with other dancers in dressing rooms, Fonteyn at various diplomatic receptions, Fonteyn with other dancers such as Heinz Bosl, Vera Volkova and Michael Somes; portraits of Anna Pavlova, Robert Helpmann and others, majority -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.) (a lot)
A collection of approximately seven hundred photographs and snap-shots of Margot Fonteyn with friends colleagues and admirers, circa 1940s-1980s, majority black and white, a number with photographer's ink credit on reverse, including shots of Frederick Ashton by Angus McBean -- 9¾x7¾in. (24.2x19.7cm.); a shot by Baron, signed by photographer on the mount in black ink and additionally inscribed with love, Happy Xmas, Baron -- 8x6in. (20.3x15.2cm.); other photographers include Jennie Walton, Gordon Anthony and Felix Fonteyn; majority press stills, including a number of duplicate images, subjects include: Fonteyn on various occasions with Rudolf Nureyev, Fonteyn dining with friends, Fonteyn delivering speeches on various occasions, appearing on This Is Your Life with Ninette De Valois, with other dancers in dressing rooms, Fonteyn at various diplomatic receptions, Fonteyn with other dancers such as Heinz Bosl, Vera Volkova and Michael Somes; portraits of Anna Pavlova, Robert Helpmann and others, majority -- 10x8in. (25.4x20.3cm.) (a lot)
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