"'Madame Yna Majeska, artist and decorator - Mme Yna Majeska, designer and book illustrator, died yesterday at her home, 101 West Fifty-fifth Street. She
was 68 years old, and she was married to Ephraim ADIRS. Mme Majeska once was costume designer for the Ziegfeld Follies and movie producer Cecil B.
DeMille, and she received her professional training in Europe. She started in her youth as a dancer, then she turned to character art, and many of her
drawings were published in Vanity Fair magazine. In recent years, Madame Majeska also designed jewelry. She leaves in addition to her husband, three
children from a previous marriage, Alexander and Paul Dannenbaum and mrs. Maryann Laucheim '. "
was 68 years old, and she was married to Ephraim ADIRS. Mme Majeska once was costume designer for the Ziegfeld Follies and movie producer Cecil B.
DeMille, and she received her professional training in Europe. She started in her youth as a dancer, then she turned to character art, and many of her
drawings were published in Vanity Fair magazine. In recent years, Madame Majeska also designed jewelry. She leaves in addition to her husband, three
children from a previous marriage, Alexander and Paul Dannenbaum and mrs. Maryann Laucheim '. "
C H A R I T Y A R T A U C T I O N
Support Drawing Dreams' work by bidding on Madame Majeska's Ziegfeld Follies Costume Design at biddingforgood.com/drawingdreams
through March 30th.
through March 30th.
$2,500
Ziegfeld Follies Costume Illustration, Circa 1920
Madame Majeska
New York, New York
Ziegfeld Follies Costume Illustration, Circa 1920
Madame Majeska
New York, New York
