Théodora (Sarah Bernhardt)
1902 · Colour lithograph (poster) · Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris
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About this work
- Artist
- Manuel Orazi (1860–1934)
- Year
- 1902
- Medium
- Colour lithograph (poster)
- Original size
- 125 × 90 cm
- Collection
- Bibliothèque nationale de France, Paris (department of Prints and Photography)
- Movement
- Art Nouveau
Sarah Bernhardt as the Byzantine empress Theodora stands in a jewelled robe and crown before a mosaic arcade, with a frieze of the play's scenes below, under the lettering Théodora and the name of the Théâtre Sarah Bernhardt. Orazi designed the poster in 1902 for Bernhardt's revival of Sardou's Théodora at her own theatre, and he drew on the mosaics of Ravenna for the gold, blue and red of the costume and the ground. Printed by Chaix, Paris. The impression reproduced is in the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
This exhibition-poster edition shows the whole work beneath original typography set in-house. The original is in the public domain.
Where it works
Byzantine gold, blue and red around a crowned figure, for a hallway, dining room or stairwell at 16×24 or 24×36 in thin black or dark wood, no mat. It suits a white or deep blue wall and pairs with Mucha's Gismonda.
Style, size & framing detail
- Style
- Exhibition poster of a Art Nouveau painting
- Era
- 20th century (1902)
- Orientation
- Portrait
- Palette
- cream & beige
- Mood
- decorative, sophisticated
- Rooms
- dining room, hallway or entryway, living room, dorm room
- Good gift for
- housewarming, art lovers
Size. We'd hang this one at 16×24. Prints at 12×18, 16×24, 24×36 in — 12×18 for a shelf, desk or a gallery-wall grid; 16×24 above a desk, console or in a hallway; 24×36 as the statement piece above a sofa or bed.
Framing. Exhibition posters sit best in a slim black frame with no mat — the typeset margin is the mat.
Pairing. Pairs as a set of three with other famous painting prints (10% off three or more).
Details & materials
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About this design
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A fine-art print
The same artwork as a clean fine-art print — the image shown large with a minimal caption.























