Alphonse Mucha Lithograph "Hamlet" with Sarah Bernhardt Theater Poster

In the iconic 1896 revival of La Dame aux Camélias, Sarah Bernhardt portrayed the dying courtesan Marguerite Gautier, clad in a flowing white dressing gown. She wraps a bed sheet aro...

Titled "Reverie" (or "Dream"), this lithograph by Alphonse Mucha is one of his most noted and most desirable printed designs. The original use of the design was as an in-house poster...

Alphonse Mucha 1898 JOB poster. Excellent condition with beautiful frame under plexiglass ready to hang. Poster for 'Job' cigarette paper (1898) 'JOB' is a ...

Alphonse Mucha (Czech, 1860-1939) Sarah Bernhardt "Gismonda", 1895 Original Lithograph IMPRIMERIES LEMERCIER, PARIS Paris, France color lithograph signed "Mucha" within the plate (lo...

Original antique poster - Eclat Du Jour / Brightness of Day - by the notable Czech illustrator, graphic artist and painter Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Maria Mucha; 1860-1939) from his ser...

A vintage lithograph of a glamorous woman of the Art Nouveau era from the cover of the first edition of " Cocorico" a high art French magazine published in 1898 for their Dec. 31st i...

Original antique poster - Reverie du Soir / Evening Reverie (or Evening Contemplation) - by the notable Czech illustrator, graphic artist and painter Alphonse Mucha (Alfons Maria Muc...

BIÉRES DE LA MEUSE - MAITRES DE L'AFFICHE - PLATE 182 Rare authentic original vintage French art nouveau poster Artist: Alphonse Mucha Condi...

Poster of Sarah Bernhart Playing Hamlet. Paris. Mint condition. Linen-backed. Sarah Bernhardt's groundbreaking portrayal of Hamlet, performed in French, is masterfully captured in Alphonse Mucha's poster. Mucha emphasizes the play's themes of vengeance and mortality, depicting the ghost of Hamlet's murdered father haunting the ramparts of Elsinore in the background, while the tragic drowned Ophelia, adorned with flowers, rests in a coffin-like panel at Hamlet’s feet. This powerful image marks Mucha's final poster commission that depicts the celebrated French actress. The vintage poster is linen-backed and is in excellent condition. Bernhardt famously played Hamlet in 1899, becoming the first woman to embody the role on stage and later in a film adaptation. Her bold interpretation challenged conventional gender roles and pushed the boundaries of performance, establishing her as a pioneer in both theater and early cinema...

These beautiful and colorful lithographic posters were hand reproduced by the Mourlot Studio's Master Printer Henri Deschamps in 1969. They are not to be mistaken with later cheap di...