Anthony, Gordon Ballerina SIGNED

Ballerina by Gordon Anthony  Further studies of Margot Fonteyn. SIGNED  on title page to the literary agent David Higham

Ballerina, 31 plain plates, original cloth, sunned, dust-jacket, some toning and surface soiling, tape reinforcements to verso, 1945;

Gordon Anthony (1902-1989) was known principally as a photographer. He was the prinicipal photographer at the Shakespeare Memorial Theatre and during the 1930s took many photos of the Royal Ballet. In 1948 he published the first colour photography book in the UK Studies of Dancers.

His sister was Dame Ninette de Valois who was a dancer in Diaghilev's company. His photos are in the collections of the V & A and the National Portrait Gallery.