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443. Leslie Carter. 1908.<br />

31 1�2 x 83 1 444. Pageant on the Vlatava River (Slavnostní<br />

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1925.<br />

Strobridge Litho., Cincinnati, OH<br />

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seam.<br />

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“Among the oddest and least lucrative projects<br />

Mucha became involved with in the United States<br />

was the production of a play named Kassa by Mrs.<br />

Leslie Carter. He contributed stage, costume and<br />

scenery design, as well as the poster, to a vanity<br />

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Kentucky who made her fortune by marrying and<br />

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p. 109). “Kassa, a Hungarian virgin ready to enter<br />

a convent, was seduced by Prince Béla, who a year<br />

later left her with a child. Kassa became insane and<br />

entered a convent, thinking that only a single day<br />

had passed. According to Jiri Mucha, his father<br />

made 250 designs for the project, but since the play<br />

was a failure and Carter went bankrupt, neither<br />

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Est: $7,000-$9,000.<br />

1�� x 18 1�8��������������� Jan Ziegloser, Praha<br />

Cond B/Tears along left edge. Framed.<br />

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In July of 1926, the Sokol Organization held a<br />

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same time, a pageant was to be performed in<br />

conjunction with the sporting events in the middle<br />

of the Vlatava River. <strong>The</strong> performers were meant<br />

to gather on the small islands in the middle of<br />

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Prague and the Czech people. This is the smaller<br />

format version of the poster, most likely used as a<br />

handbill.<br />

Est: $2,000-$2,500.<br />

WILLY MUCHA (1905-1995)<br />

445. Ouistreham Riva Bella. �����<br />

���1 �� x 39 1 �������������������������������������������������������<br />

This is generally considered to be his best design,<br />

promoting the seaside town of Ouistreham near<br />

Normandy in crisp primary colors and clean lines.<br />

Est: $1,200-$1,500.<br />

JOSEF MÜLLER-BROCKMANN (1914-<br />

1996)<br />

446. Braque Exhibition.<br />

27<br />

�� in./61.6 x 99.6 cm<br />

Imp. H. Chachoin, Paris<br />

Cond A-/Slight tears at edges. P.<br />

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Of no relation to Alphonse, Willy Mucha was an Art<br />

5�8 x 39 1�2�������������������� ����������������<br />

Cond A/P.<br />

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Best known for his clean, Modern design, here<br />

Müller-Brockmann puts his talents toward<br />

promoting an exhibition of works by Braque.<br />

Est: $800-$1,000.<br />

CECILIA H. MURPHY<br />

447. <strong>Poster</strong>s Produce Results. 1932.<br />

19 7�8 x 29 3�� in./50.5 x 75.5 cm<br />

Gouache & ink maquette.<br />

A bright and bold design by this little-known<br />

female artist for the British Advertising Association,<br />

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giving the art of the poster its own MC.<br />

Est: $1,700-$2,000.<br />

PAUL NADAR (1856-1939)<br />

448. La Tosca: 4 Photographs. ca. 1887.<br />

�������� 1�8 x 6 1�� in./10.5 x 16 cm<br />

Cond A-/Slight wear at edges on some. Framed.<br />

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Bernhardt had “a twenty-year collaboration with Victorien Sardou . . .<br />

who wrote eight melodramas with her in mind, including Théodora . . .<br />

La Tosca . . . and Cléopâtre . . . they would be among her most famous<br />

roles. Much better known today than the play, Giacomo Puccini’s opera<br />

Tosca, which premiered in 1900, was so closely based on the work written<br />

for Bernhardt that the librettists . . . were sued, successfully, by Sardou<br />

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document in dramatic black-and-white the journey Bernhardt made as<br />

Floria Tosca, a famous opera singer prone to jealousy who would rather<br />

murder Scarpia, the corrupt chief of police, than allow herself to be raped<br />

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mock execution and her crime is uncovered (see���������������������<br />

poster). “Bernhardt . . . used photography on an unprecedented scale to<br />

spread her reputation around the world. <strong>The</strong> photographic studio of Nadar<br />

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sample boards of Bernhardt pictures . . . From these inventories of the<br />

actress in her theatrical roles and in her daily life, the Nadars would<br />

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Est: $1,500-$2,000. ���<br />

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