Ravenna Tucker, 1980

Name: LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)
Brand: Ravenna Tucker, 1980
Price: 700.00 GBP
Availability: SoldOut

Price Realised GBP 875

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Closed: 24 Sep 2020

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LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)

Ravenna Tucker, 1980

Price Realised GBP 875

Closed: 24 Sep 2020

Price Realised GBP 875

Closed: 24 Sep 2020

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LORD SNOWDON (1930-2017)

Ravenna Tucker, 1980
chromogenic print
signed in ink (margin)
image: 11¹⁄₈ x 8³⁄₄ in. (28.4 x 22.1 cm.)
sheet: 16¹⁄₂ x 11³⁄₄ in. (41.8 x 30 cm.)

Lord Snowdon, Sittings 1979-1983, London, 1983, p. 52 (illustrated).

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Lot Essay

Ravenna Tucker is a Malaysian-born ballerina who spent her formative years in Hong Kong before moving to attend the Royal Ballet Upper School in London. In 1978 she won the Adeline Genée Gold Medal Competition and later the French Foundation Prize at the Prix de Lausanne in 1979 before joining the Royal Ballet that same year. In 1984 Ravenna was named "Dancer of the Year” by Dance and Dancers magazine. Shortly after, she was promoted to principal dancer, a title which followed her to the Birmingham Royal Ballet. Today Tucker continues her legacy as an Associate Professor of Dance.

In this photograph from 1980, she wears an Oliver Messel designed dress for the , dated 1953, and now in the collection of the Victoria and Albert Museum ().