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Post Mortem Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt

Post Mortem Portrait of Sarah Bernhardt

(French, 1856–1939)
1923
Medium/TechniquePhotograph, gelatin silver print trimmed to an oval, mounted on card
DimensionsImage: 19.2 x 25 cm (7 9/16 x 9 13/16 in.)
Mount: 24 x 29.5 cm (9 7/16 x 11 5/8 in.)
Credit LineLucy Dalbiac Luard Fund
Accession number2006.1238
On View
Not on view
ClassificationsPhotographs
InscriptionsOn photo, in black crayon (?), LR: P. Nadar
ProvenanceLibrairie Ici Aussi, Paris, December 2004; to Paul Hertzmann, San Francisco, CA; sold to MFA June 21, 2006