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Gismonda by Alphonse Mucha
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Gismonda, 1894

Alphonse Mucha

A tall, jewel-toned theatre poster that made Mucha famous overnight.

Mucha's slender, elegant poster for Sarah Bernhardt caused a sensation overnight in 1895 Paris. Tall, decorative and crowned with flowing line and pattern, it defined the Art Nouveau style — advertising elevated into pure ornamental beauty.

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