Full size sold for $41,400 US
Poster Auctions International, NY. May 2008
"Maitre de L'Affiche by Mucha and Toulouse-Lautrec have appreciated
more than any other in the series and are the most sought after by
the serious collector" Greg
"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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