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Prepared from the source scan: surroundings removed and the sheet levelled where required. The source record remains available below.
Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · The Masters
Hamlet, Sarah Bernhardt (Mucha, 1899)
Alphonse Mucha · Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, 1899
Format
Archival pigment giclée on museum-grade matte art paper, color-managed to the source scan — the flat inks and stone grain intact. The 40×60 is the room-changer.
Size
$39.00
What it is
A colour lithograph by Alphonse Mucha for "Tragique histoire d'Hamlet, prince de Danemark" with Sarah Bernhardt at the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, signed Mucha 99 and printed by F. Champenois, Paris. Rennert and Weill catalogue it as no. 63.
Why it matters
Bernhardt played the prince herself in 1899, in the theatre that carried her name.
What to notice
The theatre on the bill is the actress's own.
One actress, one printer, one tall sheet per role.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Alphonse Mucha
- Printer / house
- Imp. F. Champenois, 66 boulevard Saint-Michel, Paris
- Format
- Theater poster
- Poster published
- Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt, 1899
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France (Gallica) · BnF btv1b9016315x
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year. Cleared by registry on 2026-11-01.
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