[Dance] Karalli, Vera. (1889–1972) Signed PhotographRare signed Russian postcard photograph of the important ballerina and silent film actress. Signed and inscribed in Russian, in purpil pencil. 9 x 14 cm and in fine condition. Karalli performed with Sergei Diaghilev's Ballets Russes and later at the Bolshoi Theatre, where she danced frequently with Mikhail Mordkin. In 1914 Karalli also embarked on a successful acting career, and became one of Russia's first celebrated film actresses. As mistress of