Portrait of Serge LIFAR

Photography

Inventory number
2023.1.17.1.PH.DA.1950.FR
Description
Photograph (identity photo type) with jagged Edges, representing the dancer and choreographer Serge LIFAR from the front, dressed in a dark suit with light stripes, a white shirt with a black tie. This hair is styled towards the back of the skull and plated with "brilliantine" (giving a smooth, shiny and surgras appearance). 
On the back of the photo, a handwritten note reads "Serge LIFAR, July 17, 1950"
Former personal collection of Madame Marcelle MORILLON, secretary to Serge LIFAR at the Paris Opera and at the Institut de Chorégraphie, from 1947 to 1957.
Material
Analog photography
Origin
July 17 1950 France
Dimensions
Length : 7.5 cm
Height : 7.5 cm