6.5X8.5 Vintage B&W Glossy ballet photograph signed in black ink by Alicia Markova. Light edge wear, otherwise nice.(1910-2004) Dame Alicia Markova was a British ballerina and a choreographer, director, and teacher of classical ballet. Most noted for her career with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and touring internationally, she was widely considered to be one of the greatest classical ballet dancers of the twentieth century. She was the first British dancer to become the principal dancer of a ballet company and, with Dame Margot Fonteyn, is one of only two English dancers to be recognized as a prima ballerina assoluta. Markova was a founder dancer of the Rambert Dance Company, The Royal Ballet and the American Ballet Theatre, and was co-founder and director of the English National Ballet.This lot came from the Jim Wiggins collection we purchased in July 2022. Jim Wiggins accumulated the most unique and valuable autograph collection over a period of 70-plus years. He obtained his collection either in person or by writing to persons of fame and notoriety. Comes with a full Letter of Authenticity from Todd Mueller Authentics.