Modjeska's "Forest of Arden" Home, Interior
ClassificationsPhotographs
Associated with
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
(1840 - 1909)
Subject
Modjeska's "Forest of Arden" Home
Datec. 1902
Place DepictedCalifornia, United States, North America
MediumPhotographic print
Dimensions8 3/4 × 6 3/4 in. (22.2 × 17.1 cm)
Credit LineGift of the Estate of Amadeus Gustavus Langenberger
Object number7635a-c
DescriptionThis black and white photograph from around 1902 depicts the interior of a home built by Madame Modjeska, or Madame Helena Modjeska, one of Poland’s most famous stage actresses. She was already a prominent socialite in the early 1870s and threw lavish salons in her Warsaw home every Tuesday. The thespian knew several important Polish painters, including Jozef Chelmonski, with whom she was close friends.On View
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