Description:
Stokely Webster (American, 1912-2001)
Portrait of the Dancer, La Meri. Unsigned. Oil on canvas, 40 x 30 in., framed. Condition: Retouch primarily to the background.
N.B. The lot is accompanied by a letter from Stokely Webster confirming that he painted the portrait of Madame La Meri, c. 1950, and a brief conservation report. The lot also includes a copy of an undated brochure from The Academy of Ethnic Dance, founded by La Meri, in which the portrait at hand appears in the background of a photograph of dancers in a studio. The lot contains a copy of La Meri's autobiography, a typed copy of La Meri's reminiscences, as well as other ephemera.
Estimate $400-600
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