Full size sold for $ 25,300 US
Poster Auctions International, N.Y. Nov 2002
"For Mucha, proponent of Art Nouveau, woman was a subject of
reverence, even worship, and nowhere, did he express it more eloquently
than in his first poster for the immortal actress Sarah Bernhardt.
'Gismonda' was a biblical period piece whose Palm Sunday procession
in the third act allowed Mucha to cloth the actress in a gown of Byzantine
opulence and to give her a wonderful expression" (Gold
p.107)
"…at the appearance of Gismonda on the billboards, Paris
was bowled over; an odscure illustrator (Mucha) became an overnight
celebrity, and posters were suddenly discussed seriously as art
form in circles which would have before not even deigned to grant
them a passing mention… Mucha's masterly composition, his unereing
eye for decorative detail, flawless draftsmanship and an exquisitely
delicate sensitivity for muted colours combined with his skill in
lithography to produce a masterpiece" (Wine
Spectator ,71)
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