Markova, Alicia. (1910–2004). Signed John Lindquist Photograph.
Signed photograph of the British ballerina in costume, probably performing, by John Lindquist (Boston), the official photographer of Jacob's Pillow. Inscribed to Paul McMahon, dated 1964. Photographer's hand stamp to verso. 10 x 8 inches (25.1 x 20.5 cm). Cracks, creases and stains to lower and right margins as well as to verso; in very good condition overall.
Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which she joined at the age of fourteen and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company. Her birth name was Lilian Alicia Marks; Diaghilev Russified it without her consent, but "Markova" stuck.
John Lindquist (1890–1980), who had begun photographing Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers in 1938, was the official photographer of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival until his death in 1980. In this role, he knew and photographed many of the most important American dancers of the mid-twentieth century, as well as traditional dancers from cultures around the world. A collection of more than 7,000 of Lindquist's dance photographs is held at Houghton Library at Harvard.
From the collection 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.
Markova, Alicia. (1910–2004). Signed John Lindquist Photograph.
Signed photograph of the British ballerina in costume, probably performing, by John Lindquist (Boston), the official photographer of Jacob's Pillow. Inscribed to Paul McMahon, dated 1964. Photographer's hand stamp to verso. 10 x 8 inches (25.1 x 20.5 cm). Cracks, creases and stains to lower and right margins as well as to verso; in very good condition overall.
Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes, which she joined at the age of fourteen and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company. Her birth name was Lilian Alicia Marks; Diaghilev Russified it without her consent, but "Markova" stuck.
John Lindquist (1890–1980), who had begun photographing Ted Shawn and His Men Dancers in 1938, was the official photographer of the Jacob's Pillow Dance Festival until his death in 1980. In this role, he knew and photographed many of the most important American dancers of the mid-twentieth century, as well as traditional dancers from cultures around the world. A collection of more than 7,000 of Lindquist's dance photographs is held at Houghton Library at Harvard.
From the collection 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.