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Tao-Hoa role · The Red Poppy

Efraim Zalmanovich Lesov :: Tatyana Mikhailovna Vecheslova as the Chinese girl Tao-Hoa in the ballet “The Red Poppy”. Vintage postcard (nº 80), published by GATOB / S. M. Kirova in 1951. | src Presidential Library
Efraim Zalmanovich Lesov :: Lyubov Voyshnis as Tao Hoa in the Soviet ballet «Красный мак» (The Red Poppy), 1951. Vintage S.M. Kirova postcard, (Nr. 90) printed in 1951. | src Presidential Library

Nude on rock by the sea, 1915

The Parrish Sisters :: Nude woman sitting on rock by the sea. Signed: Williamina Parrish, undated (1915). | src Grace and Williamina Parrish Photograph Collection at SLPL

Dancer princess Nadja, 1924

De Brits-Indische danseres prinses Nadja in transparante sari, maakt met haar Oosterse dansen buitengewone indruk in de salons van Parijs, Frankrijk 1924. | The British Indian dancer, princess Nadja, in transparent sari makes an extraordinary impression with her Oriental dances in the salons of Paris, France 1924. | src Fotocollectie Het Leven – Het Geheugen

Russian ballerina, 1951

Efraim Zalmanovich Lesov :: Alla Yakovlevna Shelest, winner of the Stalin Prize. B.V. Asafiev. ‘The Fountain of Bakhchisarai’ – Zarema, 1951. Vintage postcard. | src BY Presidential Library