Photographs, c.1935-c.1937

Component identifier:

Series 2

Content Summary:

Portraits of Frank, photographs of performances featuring Frank and others from the Ballets Russes de Léon Woizikowsky and the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet, photographs of places visited by the Monte Carlo Russian Ballet during the 1936-1937 tour of Australia and New Zealand, and other photographs. Works represented in the photographs include Petrouchka, Port Said, La boutique fantasque, Scuola di ballo, Cotillon, L'après-midi d'un faune, Le beau Danube, Le lac des cygnes (Swan Lake), Contes russes and L'oiseau de feu. In the photograph captions, Frank is identified using her stage name Elisabeth Souvorova.

Please note: these photographs have been digitised, and are available online through this finding aid and via the Library's catalogue (http://nla.gov.au/catalogue).

Immediate source of acquisition:

The collection was assembled by Maroussia Richardson, Frank's daughter, and donated to the Library in September 2005.

Names:

Richardson, Maroussia

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