Alphonse MUCHA (1860-1939), Sarah Bernhardt, Lefèvre-Utile, - Lot 34

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Alphonse MUCHA (1860-1939), Sarah Bernhardt, Lefèvre-Utile, - Lot 34
Alphonse MUCHA (1860-1939), Sarah Bernhardt, Lefèvre-Utile, 1904. Lithographic print signed in the plate. Imp. F. Champenois, Paris. Dim.( at sight) :67,5 x 49 cm Not canvas-backed. Humidity at the extreme bottom. Bibliography: Jack Rennert and Alain Weill. Alphonse Mucha. Toutes les Affiches Panneaux. Editions Henri Veyrier Paris, 1984. Pages 308 and 309. Ill. 86: "An exquisite portrait of Sarah Bernhardt as "La Princesse Lointaine" here advertises Lu cookies, with a testimonial written by the actress herself.... one of Sarah's great successes, was a play written by Rostand based on a medieval tale, first staged in 1895... Mucha shows the actress with a lily tiara, which she wears in the third act." Ann Bridges, Jiri Mucha. Alphonse Mucha. The Complete Graphic Works. Academy Editions London 1980. Page 87 and 164. C12.
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