Pavlova and Novikoff – Vintage Print
(Originally scanned by the Library of Congress. Each image is professionally and digitally cleaned of artifacts such as color bars and extra borders prior to printing.)
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This rare historic photograph captures Pavlova and Novikoff in remarkable detail. It comes from the collections of the Library of Congress, scanned from the original and carefully restored.
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Pavlova and Novikoff
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Anna Pavlova, the Russian ballerina, and her dance partner Laurent Novikoff are the pair named in this glass negative's title, though the record notes that the title comes from unverified data supplied by the Bain News Service. Pavlova toured the United States widely in the 1910s and 1920s, and her company's appearances drew a steady stream of press photographs of the dancers in costume and in performance. The Bain News Service was a New York picture agency that sold photographs to newspapers and magazines, so images like this one were made for quick publication. The glass plate format of the period also gives the picture its fine detail and tonal range.
| Created / published | n/a |
|---|---|
| Medium | 1 negative : glass ; 5 x 7 in. or smaller. |
| Genre | Glass negatives. |
| Notes | Title from unverified data provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards. Forms part of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress). Temp. note: Batch three loaded. |
| Source | Library of Congress, George Grantham Bain Collection |
| Original scan | 4,235 × 5,792 px · prints to 14 × 19 in at 300 dpi |
| Reference | AMZ-SOTP-BNN-15490 |
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