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Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa
Printed while the Mona Lisa was still missing from the Louvre, and all Paris was looking for her.
What
A large Pathé Frères affiche, 161 × 118 cm, for Albert Capellani's 1912 short Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa, written by the young Abel Gance and issued from the Faria atelier.
Why
The painting had been stolen from the Louvre in August 1911 and was still missing when this film was released in May 1912; Pathé moved on the story within months. It is one of the earliest clear cases of cinema seizing a live news sensation, and the poster is the evidence of how fast the industry could move.
Notice
The scale — nearly five feet tall — was meant for a boulevard wall, not a lobby; the drawing is built to read from across a street.
“A stolen painting, a missing masterpiece, and an industry already learning to chase the headlines.”
Format
The full-resolution, color-managed file — restored honestly, yours to print and keep.
Sized to protect print quality — this scan supports sizes up to 24x36" cleanly.
Size
$29.00
Provenance
- Film
- Le Tragique Amour de Mona Lisa (1912), dir. Albert Capellani
- Country / studio
- France · Pathé Frères
- Designer
- Cândido Aragonez de Faria
- Format
- One-sheet (27 × 41 in.)
- Poster published
- French affiche, 1912
- Source
- Wikimedia Commons
Rights: CLEAR. Public domain — U.S. 95-year rule (poster published 1930 or earlier). Gated by the poster’s own publication year, never the film’s. Cleared by registry on 2026-07-18.
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The Double Bill
Two one-sheets, hung as a pair — a double feature for your wall, at a pairing price of $270.00 for the two. Build one from any two one-sheets in the gallery.
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