Show all images on one page	#002465 Title: Ballet Dancers Artist: Burmistrova Larisa Size: 14.5x10.5x4.5 Size (inches): 5.75x4.25x1.75 Price : $495 SOLD!

This box, undoubtedly, will attract the admirers of the Russian Ballet that is considered to be the best among another ballet schools. Such great ballet dancers as Anna Pavlova (1881-1931), Galina Ulanova (1910-1998), Rudolf Nureyev (1938-1993), Maris Liepa (1936-1989), Mikhail Baryshnikov (1948), Maya Plisetskaya (1925), Vladimir Vasiliev (1940) and many, many others won the affection of the world's audience. The Moscow Bolshoy Theatre and the St.-Petersburg Maryinsky Theatre are world-famous. Russian influence on ballet continues today, as many talented Russian ballet dancers give performances all over the world.
The theme of Russian Ballet is very popular among Fedoskino artists, and this work painted by Loris isn't exception. The fragile ballerina and her partner perform an episode from the classical ballet "Swan Lake". What strikes most in this work is the artist's ability to reflect such difficult feeling as artistic inspiration of dancers and their absorbing in their roles. Masterful painting technique helps the artist to accentuate beauty and gracefulness of the ballerina, as well as to create an elated expression on the face of her partner.
The scene is framed with a gold line. Two parallel gold lines can be found wrapping around the box's sides.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer covers the exterior and red lacquer covers the interior of the box. A hinge is fastened from the left of the composition, and the box rests on four legs. The work is signed by the artist.