Louis Albert Besnard - Porträt Sarah Bernhardt - image-1

Lot 714 R

Louis Albert Besnard - Porträt Sarah Bernhardt

Auction 1013 - overview Cologne
25.05.2013, 11:30 - Modern Art May 25 2013
Estimate: 20.000 € - 25.000 €
Result: 23.180 € (incl. premium)

Louis Albert Besnard

Porträt Sarah Bernhardt
1896

Mischtechnik auf dünnem Karton 23,7/24,4 x 11,6/12,1 cm

Rau Collection for UNICEF

Louis-Albert Besnard, eldest son of the better-known painter, graphic artist and writer (Paul) Albert Besnard (1849 - Paris -1934), apparently dedicated this small portrait of Sarah Bernhardt (1844-1923) to the daughter-in-law of the famous French actress. 'Madame Maurice Bernhardt', née Princess Therese Jablonowska, was married to Sarah Bernhardt's only son, Maurice, and died in Paris in 1910 (cf. newspaper report 'Bernhardt's Daughter-in-law dead' in: The New York Dramatic Mirror, July 30, 1910).