Lot n° 266
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Alphonse MUCHA (Czech, 1860–1939) - Lot 266
Alphonse MUCHA (Czech, 1860–1939)
The Lady of the Camellias – Sarah Bernhardt, 1896
Original poster. Color lithograph enhanced with silver ink on two joined sheets, printed by F. Champenois, Paris, in 1896
Signed “Mucha” in the stone at the bottom left; a variant without the “Théâtre de la Renaissance” notation at the bottom, a version used for Sarah Bernhardt’s American tours
Dimensions:
Sheet: approx. 207 × 76 cm (81.5 × 30 in.)
Condition:
Mounted on Isorel, sun-bleached paper, very vivid silver ink, a few touches of color in the “X” of “aux camélias,” horizontal seam between the two sheets slightly visible, no tears, no paper restoration, in a simple wooden frame
References:
Rennert/Weill 13, Var. 1; DFP-II 267; Maîtres de l’Affiche 144
Poster for the 1896 revival of Dumas fils’s play starring Sarah Bernhardt at the Théâtre de la Renaissance; the first commission under the six-year contract between the actress and Mucha. Marguerite Gautier stands in profile against a background of silver stars, a white camellia in her hair, while a hand at the bottom of the composition holds out another camellia—the heroine’s death flower. Bernhardt kept this drawing for her American tours in 1905–1906 and 1910–1911.
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