"The Dancer", portrait oil painting of Irina Baronova in costume for Swan Lake, ca. 1939 / Virgil Re...
"The Dancer", portrait oil painting of Irina Baronova in costume for Swan Lake, ca. 1939 / Virgil Reilly
About this item
Full title
Author / Creator
Date
ca. 1939
Call Numbers
ML 1309
Record Identifier
Reference Code
Physical Description
Contents
1 painting - 128 x 97 cm - oil on canvas
Other Descriptions
Level of description
Fonds
Access and use
Copying Conditions
Copyright status : In copyright - Life of creator plus 70 years
Copyright holder : assignee of Virgil Reilly
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Scope and Contents
Contents
Painting is a full body portrait of ballerina Irina Baronova dressed in a white tutu and standing 'en pointe'.
Alternative Titles
Full title
"The Dancer", portrait oil painting of Irina Baronova in costume for Swan Lake, ca. 1939 / Virgil Reilly
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Author / Creator
Author / Artists
Notes
General note
Pic.Acc. Upgrade Project - Information transferred from Pic.Acc.2695 as part of the eRecords Project 2012-13
Signature / Inscriptions
Signed, upper right hand corner
Attributions / Conjectures
The subject of the painting, Irina Baronova, was identified in a photograph which the painting was copied from : Geoffrey Ingram archive of Australian ballet. http://nla.gov.au/nla.pic-an24830090 (accessed 12-06-2013).
Baronova does not mention the painting in her autobiograp...
Date note
No date
Conservation note
Requires paint consolidation. It has been re-stretchered as it had been stored rolled
Published information
Published as the cover illustration for The Women's Weekly, 17 June 1939¶¶Discussed in : "Baronova painting uncovered at the State Library of NSW", Valerie Lawson's blog Dancelines, 26 June 2013. http://dancelines.com.au/ (accessed June 27, 2013)
Contextual Information
Source
Donated by E. A. Crome, December 1972
Pic.Acc.2695
Administrative / Biographical history
Virgil Reilly, 1892-1974, is known for his work as a newspaper cartoonist, specifically for the ‘The Virgil Girls’ which appeared in the tabloid newspaper Smith’s Weekly during the 1920s and 1930s. He was also a comic book artist, illustrator and painter, contributing to The Women's Weekly, Truth (Melbourne) and The Daily Mirror.
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Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
ML 1309
Record Identifier
YRlZjEln
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/YRlZjEln
Other Identifiers
Reference code
910495
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