Portrait of Toni Birkmeyer
Artist
Trude Fleischmann
(American, born Austria, 1895 - 1990)
Date1935
Mediumgelatin silver print
DimensionsImage: 4 7/16 × 3 5/16 in. (11.3 × 8.4 cm)
Support: 4 7/16 × 3 5/16 in. (11.3 × 8.4 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
Support: 4 7/16 × 3 5/16 in. (11.3 × 8.4 cm)
Mat: 17 × 14 in. (43.2 × 35.6 cm)
ClassificationsPhotograph
Credit LineJane Reese Williams Collection, Gift of Roberta DeGolyer, 1991
Object number1991.3.11
DescriptionPortrait of man with graying hair wearing stage makeup. The lighting has cast dramatic highlights on his face with dark shadows behind.eMuseum Notes
Toni Birkmeyer was a famous Viennese dancer who appeared solo in many classical ballets, was a soloist, and also served as ballet master of the Vienna Opera, Ballet. Birkmeyer also appeared in the 1929 London production of Cole Porter's "Wake up and Dream."
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