Meissen Y194 figure of ballet dancer Frida Hess

Meissen figure of ballet dancer Frida Hess. Model number Y194 by Theodor Eichler







“Prima ballerina Frida Hess, seated” by Theodor Eichler
Model number Y 194.
Depicts seated Margareta Frieda Hess (1886 Dresden – 1972 Springfield/USA).
1906-1917 prima ballerina at Dresden Court Theatre.
1919/1920 prima ballerina at the Berlin Metropoltheater.
1920-1934 ran a dance school in Berlin together with her husband.
1934 the Jewish couple Heß-Fleischmann emigrated via France, Switzerland and Spain to the USA.

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