Lot Essay
According to Benezit, the celebrated actress' sale included three other works by Walter Spindler.
La Notte, after Michelangelo
Details
Walter Spindler, active late 19th Century
La Notte, after Michelangelo
signed in gold colour 'WALTER.SPINDLER.', inscribed and dated 'A. SARAH.BERNHARDT.MDCCCXCVIII.', 'LA.NOTTE.DE.MICHELANGELO' and 'GRATO.M'.E.'L.SONNO.E.PIV.L'ESSER.DI.SASSO MENTRE.CHE'L.DANNO.E.LA.VERGOGNA.DURA NON.VEDER.NON.SENTIR.M'E.GRAN.VENTURA PERO.NON.MI.DESTAR.DEH.PARLA.BASSO'
black and red chalk, pen and black ink, watercolour, bodycolour heightened with gold
8¼ x 10½ in. (211 x 267 mm.)
La Notte, after Michelangelo
signed in gold colour 'WALTER.SPINDLER.', inscribed and dated 'A. SARAH.BERNHARDT.MDCCCXCVIII.', 'LA.NOTTE.DE.MICHELANGELO' and 'GRATO.M'.E.'L.SONNO.E.PIV.L'ESSER.DI.SASSO MENTRE.CHE'L.DANNO.E.LA.VERGOGNA.DURA NON.VEDER.NON.SENTIR.M'E.GRAN.VENTURA PERO.NON.MI.DESTAR.DEH.PARLA.BASSO'
black and red chalk, pen and black ink, watercolour, bodycolour heightened with gold
8¼ x 10½ in. (211 x 267 mm.)
Provenance
Sarah Bernhardt; Paris, 11-13 June 1923 (165 Francs, according to Benezit, IX, p. 750).