1 - Display case containing Carla Fracci’s autographed shoes + Framed autographed photo Case dimensions: 42.00 x 30.00 x 8.00 cm - Photo dimensions (in frame): 26.00 x 20.00 cm

Display case containing Carla Fracci’s autographed shoes + Framed autographed photo Case dimensions: 42.00 x 30.00 x 8.00 cm - Photo dimensions (in frame): 26.00 x 20.00 cm The makeup artist at La Scala... This lot, like those that follow, offers a delicate and fascinating testament to friendship. A warm relationship that began in the dressing room, in front of a mirror, when Lucia Cortesi, a young woman from Milan, began applying makeup to the performers. This friendship is evident in the collection of portraits on offer, featuring their sincere and unexpected autographed dedications. Through them, we immortalize a piece of La Scala’s history. The collection opens with the shoes donated to Lucia in 1971 by the greatest ballerina of the 20th century. Carla Fracci, dancer, (Milan, August 20, 1936 – Milan, May 27, 2021). Autographed dance shoes preserved in a wooden display case. A pair of ballet pointe shoes, made of pink fabric and satin, featuring an original dedication and autograph written in marker: “To dear Lucia in memory of Le Notti Egiziane—Carla Fracci 1971.” Used for that performance and later donated to the theater’s makeup artist. Danseuse Étoile of La Scala, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century, designated as “prima ballerina assoluta” in 1981 by The New York Times. The lot is completed by a black-and-white autographed photograph, also donated to the theater’s makeup artist, Lucia Cortesi. Complete with frame.