Original Mikhail MISHA Baryshnikov pencil drawing BALLET DANCE SEX AND THE CITY

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HIS TREMENDOUS PIECE OF ORIGINAL ART IS ON VINTAGE CRESCENT QUALITY CARDBOARD No. 260 LIN-TEX MULTI-PURPOSE ILLUSTRATION BOARD MEASURING APPROXIMATELY 25 7/8” BY 20 1/8”.
SEVERAL FORMS OF MIXED MEDIA WERE USED TO MAKE THIS ORIGINAL MASTERPIECE INCLUDING PENCIL, COLOR PENCIL, CHALK, PAINT AND COLORED PAPER. THE DETAIL OF HIS PORTRAIT IS EXTRAORDINARY.
THIS PIECE CAME FROM THE LIVING ESTATE SALE OF LOCAL RALEIGH, NC NORTH CAROLINA ARTIST LYN C. JOHNSON, KNOWN FOR HER STONEGATE / STONEWARE POTTERY OF THE 1970’s, LISTED OFTEN ON eBAY, WORTHPOINT, ETC...
MISHA TRAVELED TO THE TRIANGLE NC AREA TO PERFORM IN THE 1980’s AND 1990’s, STOPPING BY TO ENJOY THE LOCAL ART AS WELL DOCUMENTED IN GOOGLE SEARCHES. THIS ARTWORK HAS A SIGNATURE OF INITIALS “bf” LOCATED BELOW THE MIDDLE DANCING BARYSHNIKOV.
FROM WIKIPEDIA:
Mikhail Nikolayevich Baryshnikov (Russian:
Михаи́л Никола́евич Бары́шников
, IPA:
[mʲɪxɐˈil bɐ'rɨʂnʲɪkəf]
; Latvian:
Mihails Barišņikovs
; born January 27, 1948),
[1]
is a Latvian-born Russian-American dancer, choreographer, and actor.
[2]
He was the preeminent male classical dancer of the 1970s and ’80s. He subsequently became a noted dance director.
[3]
Born in Riga, Latvian SSR, Baryshnikov had a promising start in the Kirov Ballet in Leningrad before defecting to Canada in 1974 for more opportunities in Western dance. After dancing with American Ballet Theatre, he joined the New York City Ballet as a principal dancer for one season to learn George Balanchine's neoclassical Russian style of movement. He then returned with the American Ballet Theatre, where he later became artistic director. Baryshnikov has spearheaded many of his own artistic projects and has been associated in particular with promoting modern dance, premiering dozens of new works, including many of his own.
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His success as a dramatic actor on stage, cinema and television has helped him become probably the most widely recognized contemporary ballet dancer. Since his defection from the Soviet Union in 1974, Baryshnikov has never returned to Russia.
[4]
In 1977, he received a nomination for the Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor and a Golden Globe nomination for his work as "Yuri Kopeikine" in the film
The Turning Point
. He starred in the movie
White Nights
with Gregory Hines, Helen Mirren, and Isabella Rossellini, and had a recurring role in the last season of the television series
Sex and the City
.
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