[Dance] Ruiz Soler, Antonio. (1921–1996) & Markova, Alicia. (1910–2004) & Gregory, Cynthia. (b. 1946) & Bujones, Fernando. (1955–2005) & Van Hamel, Martine. (b. 1945) & Baryshnikov, Mikhail. (b. 1948) & Dudinskaya, Natalia. (1912–2003) & Fonteyn, Margot. (1919–1991) & Beriosova, Svetlana. (1932–1998) & Nerina, Nadia. (1927–2008) & Tallchief, Maria. (1925–2013)
Signed title pages and other signed documents
Signed title pages cut from books on dance, all inscribed to Paul McMahon. In excellent condition unless noted otherwise. As follows:Elsa Bruneschelli, Antonio and Spanish Dancing (New York: Pitman, 1958). Signed by Antonio. 9.75 x 7.25 inches (24.6 x 18.5 cm). Cut edge is rough.
Alicia Markova, Giselle and I (New York: The Vanguard Press, 1960). Dancer's autobiography. Signature dated 1964. 9 x 6.25 inches (22.8 x 15.7 cm). Cut edge is rough (frayed).
In a Rehearsal Room, photographs by Susan Cook, text by Robin Woodard (New York: Modernismo, 1976). Photo book on Cynthia Gregory and Ivan Nagy, signed by Gregory (not by Nagy). Oblong format, 8.5 x 10.75 inches (21.5 x 27.5 cm)
Leaf with portrait of Cynthia Gregory, cut from unidentified photo book, signed by Gregory. 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm).
Leaf with portrait of Fernando Bujones, cut from unidentified photo book (same as above?), signed by Bujones. 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm).
Leaf with portrait of Martine Van Hamel, cut from unidentified photo book (same as above?), signed by Van Hamel. 11 x 8.5 inches (28 x 22 cm).
Baryshnikov at Work: Mikhail Baryshnikov Discusses His Roles, photographs by Martha Swope (New York: Alfred A. Knopf, 1976). 11.5 x 8.5 inches (29 x 21.5 cm). Signed by Baryshnikov.
Leaf (pp. 71–72) with portrait of Natalia Dudinskaya, cut from unidentified book. Inscription by Dudinskaya in English, dated "3/5/1990 Boston." 11 x 8.25 inches (27.8 x 21 cm).
Margot Fonteyn, edited by William Como (New York: Danad, 1973). 10.75 x 8.25 inches (27.5 x 21 cm). Signed by Fonteyn. Slightly stained.
Cyril Swinson, Svetlana Beriosova (New York: Macmillan, 1956). Signed by Beriosova. 9.75 x 7.25 inches (24.8 x 19 cm).
Cyril Swinson, Nadia Nerina (London: Adam and Charles Black,1957). Signed by Nerina. 9.75 x 7.5 inches (24.8 x 18.6 cm).
Olga Maynard, Bird of Fire: The Story of Maria Tallchief (New York: Dodd, Mead & Company, 1961). Signed by Tallchief. 8.25 x 5.25 inches (21 x 13 cm). Tallchief, born Elizabeth Marie Tall Chief, had a father from the Osage nation and became the first Native American prima ballerina.
From the library of Paul McMahon, a critic, photographer and artist who worked for more than 13 years touring with Marlene Dietrich as the icon’s stage manager, announcer, dresser, secretary and escort, and later spent 25 years as an arts and entertainment reviewer and photographer with Gay Community News, Esplanade, Tommy’s Connection, The Mirror, Bay Windows and other publications. (22158)
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