ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) LA TOSCA. 1898

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ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) LA TOSCA. 1898.
41 5/8x14 1/2 inches, 105 1/2x36 1/2 cm. Champenois, Paris.
Condition A-: horizontal fold. Framed.
In 1887, Sarah Bernhardt commissioned her close friend Victorien Sardou to write La Tosca. Although the tale has achieved near immortality through the Puccini opera based on the story (which premiered in...

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