WALTER SPINDLER – “SARAH BERNHARDT INVOQUANT DIOTIMA”, 1908

“SARAH BERNHARDT INVOQUANT DIOTIMA”, 1908
Watercolor and pencil on paper
Monogrammed twice and dated 15 juin 1908
Bearing the inscription: Diva Sarah Bernhardt Musa Imperatrix a Diotima
A Diotima tous mes désirs, tous mes devoirs me viennent d’elle

18 x 24 cm.
With the frame: 53 x 47 cm.

Exhibition
Sarah Bernhardt, Espace Cardin, Paris, 31 March-30 May 1976, n. 119, ill. in color p. 43
Sarah Bernhardt, Munich, 1984.
Stars et monstres sacrés, Les dossiers du Musée d’Orsay, Orsay, Paris, 1987, ill. p. 62
Sarah Bernhardt, Musée des Beaux-Arts de Tourcoing, 1987, ill. p. 62
Sarah Bernhardt ou le divin mensonge, Bibliothèque Nationale, Paris, du 3 October-4 February 2001, ill. p. 113
Sarah Bernhardt The Art of high drama, The Jewish Museum, New York, 2 December-2 April 2006,
The Jewish Museum, Amsterdam, ill. p. 98
Sarah Bernhardt Et la femme créa la star, Petit Palais, 14 April-27 August 2023

Bibliography
Le Figaro Patrimoine, 11 May 2001, ill. p. 35
Sarah Bernhardt, The Art of High Drama, Yale University Press, 2005, ill. full color page p. 98

Provenance
Vente Sarah Bernhardt, Paris, 11-13 June 1923, sold 5.100 F.
Collection Michel de Bry
Vente Sarah Bernhardt et son époque, Maîtres Chayette & Cheval, Camard expert, 23 April 1997, lot 154
Collection Daniel Ladeuille.
Vente La Belle Epoque de Sarah Bernhardt, Théâtre de la Renaissance, Paris, Maître Binoche, lot 38