Mme. Misia Natanson
Lithograph
1895 (produced)
1895 (produced)
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Misia Sert (1877-1950) was once dubbed 'The Queen of Paris'. She appeared in three seperate cover designs by Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard for the celebrated magazine 'La Revue blanche'. Launched in 1889 by her cousins, the wealthy Natanson brothers (Alexander, Thaddeus and Louis-Alfred), she was married to Thaddeus in 1894. It was her first of three marriages in a bohemian cultural life which also saw her patronise the Ballet Russes as a friend of Diaghilev, and sustain a close friendship with Coco Chanel from 1917 until the end of their lives. The two women have been described as inseperable in their later years.
Object details
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| Title | Mme. Misia Natanson (generic title) |
| Materials and techniques | Lithograph print |
| Brief description | Lithograph poster cover from the last volume of L'Éstampe Original by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec entitled 'Mme. Natanson" |
| Physical description | Lithograph print, designed for the cover for last volume of L'Éstampe Original (1895), depicting Madame Thadée Natanson (also known as Misia Sert and Misia Godebska), a pianist and socialite from an artistic family of Polish and Russian descent. |
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| Summary | Misia Sert (1877-1950) was once dubbed 'The Queen of Paris'. She appeared in three seperate cover designs by Toulouse-Lautrec, Édouard Vuillard and Pierre Bonnard for the celebrated magazine 'La Revue blanche'. Launched in 1889 by her cousins, the wealthy Natanson brothers (Alexander, Thaddeus and Louis-Alfred), she was married to Thaddeus in 1894. It was her first of three marriages in a bohemian cultural life which also saw her patronise the Ballet Russes as a friend of Diaghilev, and sustain a close friendship with Coco Chanel from 1917 until the end of their lives. The two women have been described as inseperable in their later years. |
| Bibliographic reference | Taken from the departmental circulation registration 1949 |
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| Accession number | CIRC.106-1949 |
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| Record created | July 1, 2009 |
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