11-18-201211-18-2012
Skinner Auctions
Skinner AuctionsBoston MA
2621BBoston
November 18, 2012 11:00 AMCalender
125

Bernhardt, Sarah (d. 1923) Archive:

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$660$550
Auction: Books & Manuscripts - 2621BLocation: BostonDate / Time: November 18, 2012 11:00AM

Description:

Bernhardt, Sarah (d. 1923) Archive: Large cabinet card (13 x 10 in.) photographic portrait; two photographic portraits on paper, one removed from a 1940 magazine; Jules Bastien Le Page portrait on toned paper, water damage just touching the border; nine 4 x 6 in. cabinet cards; twenty-seven postcards featuring Bernhardt; a framed photograph with Theodor Leschetizsky; ten theater programs from her performances; a printed theater invitation from Bernhardt to a performance at the Boston Opera House from 1917, not signed; a photocopy of her contract from the fourth American tour of 1897; Ma Double Vie, Memoires, in two volumes, Paris, 1923; The Art of the Theatre by Bernhardt, London, [1930]; and other paper ephemera related to the actor.
Estimate $300-500

Keywords

Boston Opera House, Jules Bastien Le Page, Theodor Leschetizsky, Paris, actor, London