• Title
  Helene Kirsova, ca. 1947 / photographer unknown
• Creator
  Bitter-Jeppesen Studios
• Call number
  P1/911
  
• Level of description
  fonds
• Date
  
  ca. 1947
• Type of material
  Graphic Materials, Photographs
• Reference code
  889446
• Issue Copy
  Digitised
• Physical Description
  1 photomechanical print - postcard, Gevaert paper - 12 x 9 cm
  
• ADMINISTRATIVE/ BIOGRAPHICAL HISTORY
  
  For a biography of Helene Kirsova, see: Australian Dictionary of Biography Online. http://adbonline.anu.edu.au/ (accessed March 18, 2010)
• Scope and Content
  Ballerina in short white tutu, en pointe, with dark shawl. Behind her is a wicker costume hamper with "Anna Pavlova" printed on it.
• Copying Conditions
  Out of copyright: Created before 1955
• General note
  
  Transferred from P1/Kirsova, Helene c.1947 (BM), March 2010
  Digital order no:a4219011
• Attributions / conjectures
  
  This is a widely circulated image. It is probably Anna Pavlova, not Kirsova. There is a similar image with the subject wearing a different costume but the same earrings. She is sitting on the same skip with the same background.
  
  Reference:
  Pavlova, Anna, 1881-1931. Pavlova : impressions / presented by Margot Fonteyn. London : Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1984, p.129
  Michelle Potter, Curator of Dance, National Library of Australia
• Name
  Kirsova, Helene
  
• Subject
  Adult Females
  
• Topic
  ballet dancers
  theatrical costumes
  trunks (luggage)
  
• Open Rosetta viewer
  IE3301725

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