1 - Display case with 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 with 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, represents a delicate and fascinating testimony to friendship. A convivial relationship that began in the dressing room, in front of a mirror, when Lucia Cortesi, a young Milanese woman, began applying makeup to the artists. This friendship is evidenced by the gallery of portraits on offer, with their sincere and unexpected autograph dedications. With them we immortalize a piece of the history of La Scala. The session 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. Pair of ballet pointe shoes, in pink fabric and satin, with 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 then donated to the theater's makeup artist. Danseuse Etoile of La Scala, considered one of the greatest ballerinas of the twentieth century, defined as "prima ballerina assoluta" in 1981 by the New York Times. The lot is completed by a black and white autographed photo, also donated to the theater's makeup artist, Lucia Cortesi. Complete with frame.