“La Jeune Fille et la Mort” (The Maiden and Death), 1880, after the painting, “La mort glisse en son rêve, et, tout bas: Viens, dit-elle, l'amour c'est l'éphémère, et je suis l'immortelle” (Death slips into her dream, and, very low: Come, she said, love is ephemeral, and I am the immortal), exhibited in the Salon of 1880 (no. 269) by the actress, painter and sculptress, Sarah Bernhardt (aka Rosine Bernard) (1844–1923), printed in Paris by François Liénard (fl.c. 1860s–1880s)
Paris, France: Lienard, 1880. Print of Etching. 17 x 28 cm. (Overall dimensions) 20 x 11.5 cm. (Print measurements). Very Good. En Francais. Provenance: Colette Monceau, born Nancey (1921-2016). Biographical note: born in Nice in 1921, Colette Monceau was a student of Charles Dullin in the second half of the..... More