ELENA ALEXANDROVNA JANSON (YANSON) - MANIZER, Ballerina - Maja Plisiecka

porcelain, enamel paints; height 36.5 cm, base diameter ca.13.2 cm;
Signed on top of base in handwritten Cyrillic engraving: M. Pliseckaja and: Skul'ptor / E. Janson - Manizer.
Russia, mid-20th century.
On a low circular base a figure of a dancer in a red ballet costume and package, wearing ballet shoes; she stands in a dancing pose, with her hands crossed at waist level and her head slightly raised.
Figurine of prominent dancer and choreographer Maja Plisetskaya (1925-2015) as Juliet from the ballet "Romeo and Juliet" by Sergei Prokofiev (?). Model of the well-known Russian sculptor Elena Janson-Manizer, author of, among other things, figures of dancers and athletes (ballerinas, discobolos), also realized in metal.
Trace of repairs to the base.