MUCHA, Alphonse

LORENZACCIO

Details

MUCHA, Alphonse
LORENZACCIO
lithograph in colours, 1896, printed by F.Champenois, Paris, on two sheets, condition A-; minor tears in the margins
81½ x 30½in. (207 x 78cm.)

Literature

Rennert/Weill, no.20
Lendl, no.4
The Spirit of Art Nouveau, no.7

Lot Essay

Sarah Bernhardt plays the male lead in Alfred de Musset's 'Lorenzaccio', about Lorenzo the Magnificent (1449-1492). Originally written in 1863, Sarah Bernhardt adapted the play for herself which opened on 3 December 1896.

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