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ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)
195
●
SARAH BERNHARDT /
AMERICAN TOUR. 1896.
75
3
/
8
x27
1
/
2
inches, 191
1
/
2
x70 cm. The Strobridge
Lith, Co., Cincinnati.
Condition B+: creases in margins and image;
horizontal creases through image. Two-sheets.
Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
During Christmas, 1894, Mucha changed
history by designing his first poster for Sarah
Bernhardt. Just over a year later, the great actress
began a six-month American tour, for which she
chose to reuse the now-famous original image,
altering it slightly. Printed in America by the
renowned Strobridge lithography company, the
poster lacks the original title, “Gismonda,” at
the top and has different text at the bottom.
Spirit of Art Nouveau p. 54, Rennert / Weill 3
(var. 2), Lendl p. 43, Brno 2, 150th Mucha 36,
Mucha Grand Palais 10 (var), Style Mucha 1
(var), Mucha / Japan 11 (var), Darmstadt 25
(var), Arco p. 73 (var), Sarah Mucha p. 42
(var), Mucha / Henderson 52 (var), Mucha /
Posters and Photographs 8 (var), Mucha /
Bridges A1 (var), Reade 3 (var), Jiri Mucha p.
56 (var), Triumph des Jugendstils 3 (var), Art
Nouveau p. 110 (var), Maitres 1900 p. 24
(var), DFP-II 624 (var), Wine Spectator 71
(var), Abdy p. 128 (var), Schardt p. 119 (var).
[7,000/10,000]