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Le Grand Siècle de l’Affiche · The Masters
Jeanne d'Arc — Sarah Bernhardt
Eugène Grasset · Nouvelles Affiches Artistiques G. de Malherbe & H. A. Cellot, rue Notre-Dame des Champs, Paris, 1890; sheet 77 × 120 cm, 1890
What it is
Eugène Grasset's 1890 poster casts Sarah Bernhardt as Jeanne d'Arc in heavy contour and flat colour, a manner drawn straight from the medieval stained glass and manuscript illumination Grasset studied.
Why it matters
The BnF sheet is inscribed as the 'modèle accepté par Sarah Bernhardt' — the version the actress signed off on. Engraving credits go to Verdoux, Ducourtioux & Huillard, issued through the Nouvelles Affiches Artistiques of G. de Malherbe & H. A. Cellot on the rue Notre-Dame des Champs.
What to notice
Grasset armours Sarah Bernhardt as Joan of Arc — stained-glass outlines, banner and blade, in the model the actress herself approved.
For one decade, the street was the gallery.
Provenance
- School
- Belle Époque — the Affiche (France)
- Designer
- Eugène Grasset
- Printer / house
- Verdoux, Ducourtioux & Huillard (engravers)
- Format
- One-sheet
- Poster published
- Nouvelles Affiches Artistiques G. de Malherbe & H. A. Cellot, rue Notre-Dame des Champs, Paris, 1890; sheet 77 × 120 cm, 1890
- Source
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, département Estampes et photographie · btv1b9015942k (ENT DN-1)
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 2026-07-18.
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 40x60" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
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