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Original 10 inch x 8 inch Portrait of IRINA BARONOVA chief dancer of the Ballet Russe in the 1940 Edwin L. Marin Drama FLORIAN.

Irina Mikhailovna Baronova (1919 – 2008) was a Russian ballerina and actress who was one of the Baby Ballerinas of the Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo, discovered by George Balanchine in Paris in the 1930s. She created roles in Léonide Massine’s Le Beau Danube (1924), Jeux d’enfants (1932), and Les Présages (1933); and in Bronislava Nijinska’s Les Cent Baisers (1935). Between 1940 and 1951, Baronova appeared in several films, including Ealing Studios’ Train of Events (1949) and worked as ballet mistress for the 1980 film Nijinsky.

Portrait by Hollywood Studio Photographer Laszlo Willinger (1909 – 1989). Willinger worked for MGM from 1937 to 1944 and was their top photographer.

The portrait, on double weight paper, is in fine condition