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Rudolf Nureyev
A page from an autograph book signed in blue ballpoint pen Rudolf Nureyev -- 3x5in. (7.6x12.7cm.) in common mount with a black and white machine-print photograph of Nureyev performing -- 9x7in. (22.8x17.7cm.); a three-page Post Office Telegram frankmarked 30th Sep. '68 to Nureyev from Bodil addressing him as ...Sunbeam sunshine dearest honeybee of my heart.. adding ...I come to Giselle Sunday...Remember your right Pantalons..., in common mount -- 17¼x9¼in. (43.7x23.5cm.) framed; a handkerchief of burgundy and white cotton embroidered at one corner in beige silk thread Rudi; and a collection of black and white portrait photographs, press stills and snap-shots, the majority of Nureyev taken during performance and rehearsals, majority circa 1960s and 1970s, including Nureyev with Fonteyn in Giselle and Swan Lake, largest -- 15½x11½in. (39.4x29.2cm.) (a lot)
A page from an autograph book signed in blue ballpoint pen Rudolf Nureyev -- 3x5in. (7.6x12.7cm.) in common mount with a black and white machine-print photograph of Nureyev performing -- 9x7in. (22.8x17.7cm.); a three-page Post Office Telegram frankmarked 30th Sep. '68 to Nureyev from Bodil addressing him as ...Sunbeam sunshine dearest honeybee of my heart.. adding ...I come to Giselle Sunday...Remember your right Pantalons..., in common mount -- 17¼x9¼in. (43.7x23.5cm.) framed; a handkerchief of burgundy and white cotton embroidered at one corner in beige silk thread Rudi; and a collection of black and white portrait photographs, press stills and snap-shots, the majority of Nureyev taken during performance and rehearsals, majority circa 1960s and 1970s, including Nureyev with Fonteyn in Giselle and Swan Lake, largest -- 15½x11½in. (39.4x29.2cm.) (a lot)
Provenance
The telegram and handkerchief ex-lot 11, Christies South Kensington, Film And Entertainment Auction, 14th December, 1995
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