Lorenzaccio - Sarah Bernhardt (after) Alphonse Mucha Poster, 1969

1969

These beautiful and colorful lithographic posters were hand reproduced by the Mourlot Studio's Master Printer Henri Deschamps in 1969. They are not to be mistaken with later cheap digital and giclée reproductions. Ed. 1,500 In December of 1894, Mucha visited a print shop contracted to create a new advertising poster for a play featuring Sarah Bernhardt, the most famous actress in Paris at the time. Mucha volunteered to produce a lithographic poster within two weeks, and on January 1, 1895, the advertisement for the play Gismonda by Victorien Sardou was posted in the city, where it attracted much attention. Bernhardt was so satisfied with the success of this first poster that she signed a six-year contract with the artist. Written by Alexandre Dumas (son) when he was 23 years old, and first published in 1848, "La Dame aux Camélias...

These beautiful and colorful lithographic posters were hand reproduced by the Mourlot Studio's Master Printer Henri Deschamps in 1969. They are not to be mistaken with later cheap di...

Artist: Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec Medium: Lithographic Poster, 1966 Dimensions: 27.5" x 19.75", 70 cm x 50 cm Heavy Poster Paper - Perfect Condition A This lithographic reproduction was created in 1966 after the lithograph Le Divan Japonais...

This lithographic poster illustrates Aristide Bruant who was a famous performer and cabaret owner in Paris at the turn of the 20th century. Lautrec, seizing on Bruant's trademark cos...

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939) Lorenzaccio Printed: 1896 Printed By: F. Champenois, Paris Hand signed in lower left. Signed in plate; Mucha, F. Champenois, Paris Lithograph paper ...

Alphonse Mucha 1898 "JOB" poster. Printed by: “Imp. F Champenois 66 Boul, St Michel, Paris” in 1898 Very good (A-) condition with toning throughout and less under matting. Linen b...

Mucha, Alfons Maria 1860 - 1939 Lefevre-Utile - Sarah Bernhardt Lithograph 1903 Dimensions: 27.5 x 20 in. (70 x 51 cm) Framed: 28 x 35.5 Inches Printe...

“One of Mucha’s best Czech posters, printed by the firm of V. Neubert in the Smichov quarter of Prague, was for Princezna Hyacinta, a fairy-tale ballet and pantomime with music by Oskar Nedbal and libretto by Ladislav Novák. The portrait of the popular actress Andula Sedlácková as the princess dominates the poster. The plot develops as a dream of a village blacksmith who falls asleep after digging for a buried treasure. In his dreams he becomes lord of a castle, and his daughter Hanicka becomes the Princess Hyacinth. Of her three suitors, one is a sorcerer who abducts her to his underground palace, but she is rescued by a poor knight who looks like her real-life lover. Mucha used the motif of the hyacinth throughout the entire design, from embroideries to silver jewelry, and for an elaborate circle sparkling against the mossy green background. The portrait of the actress is seen against a sky full of stars and encircled with images from the dream: the blacksmith’s tools...