Show all images on one page	#008621 Title: Ballet Dancer Artist: Skripunov Alexey Size: 15x15x4 Size (inches): 6x6x1.5 Price : $475 SOLD!

This box was painted by a talented Fedoskino artist Alexey Skripunov.
This composition will definitely 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 the Russian Ballet is very popular among Fedoskino artists, and this work painted by Shavirin continues this series. The background of the box is painted in gray tones; the costume of the lady-dancer is snow-white. Looking at the box you having the impression, that the dancer is weightless!
The composition is framed with a gold line; the box's sides are decorated with two parallel gold lines.
The box is constructed from paper-mache. Black lacquer is used to paint the exterior of the box while red lacquer completes the interior of the work. A hinge is fastened to the top of the scene, and the box rests on a flat bottom. The box is signed with the name of the artist.