Richardson, Joanna

Judith Gautier: A Biography

NY: F. Watts, 1987. First. Hardcover. First U.S. edition. Hardcover. A fine copy in equally fine dust jacket. The first full-scale biography of Judith Gautier, a woman of renowned beauty who was the first female Academician in France, author, inspiration to Wagner in writing "Parsifal" and to Sargent in a series of portraits. Based on exhaustive research into previously unpublished private and public archives as well as the memoirs of Suzanne Meyer-Zundel, the young girl with whom Gautier finally found happiness prior to her death in 1917. Fine / Fine. Item #D9350B
ISBN: 0531150259

Price: $20.00