Title: 1897 Signed Calling Card of Rosa Bonheur - "Most famous woman painter of 19th century" Author: Bonheur, Rosa Place: Publisher: Date: Signature is c.1897 Description: Printed Calling Card, “Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur”, Signed “R – Bonheur, 1822 et 1897”. 4.5x8.5 cm (1¾x3½"). 1822 was the date of her birth and 1897 probably the year she signed the card; she died two years later. Bonheur has been called “the most famous female painter of the nineteenth century”. A letter by her lesbian lover, San Francisco artist Anna Klumpke sold at PBA Galleries last year. Lot Amendments Condition: Very faint soiling; verso with tiny spots of glue residue; very good. Item number: 248730
Title: 1897 Signed Calling Card of Rosa Bonheur - "Most famous woman painter of 19th century" Author: Bonheur, Rosa Place: Publisher: Date: Signature is c.1897 Description: Printed Calling Card, “Mademoiselle Rosa Bonheur”, Signed “R – Bonheur, 1822 et 1897”. 4.5x8.5 cm (1¾x3½"). 1822 was the date of her birth and 1897 probably the year she signed the card; she died two years later. Bonheur has been called “the most famous female painter of the nineteenth century”. A letter by her lesbian lover, San Francisco artist Anna Klumpke sold at PBA Galleries last year. Lot Amendments Condition: Very faint soiling; verso with tiny spots of glue residue; very good. Item number: 248730
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