[ Photographs ] ( Balanchine, George) Iris Studio Tamara Toumanova and George Balanchine. Vintage silver print, 7x 9.5inches, signed, in white ink, on recto, with the Iris studio stamp on verso. Circa 1941 E1400-1800 Balanchine engaged Toumanova as

[ Photographs ] ( Balanchine, George) Iris Studio Tamara Toumanova and George Balanchine. Vintage silver print, 7x 9.5inches, signed, in white ink, on recto, with the Iris studio stamp on verso. Circa 1941 E1400-1800 Balanchine engaged Toumanova as one of the three "baby ballerinas"for his Ballet Russe de Monte Carlo in 1932 In 1941, she created the ballerina role in his "Balustrade.