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Portrait of Madame Modjeska, late 1920s to early 1930s
Unknown Photographer
Photographic prin…
Portrait of Helena Modjeska
Portrait of Madame Modjeska, late 1920s to early 1930s
Unknown Photographer
Photographic prin…
Portrait of Madame Modjeska, late 1920s to early 1930s Unknown Photographer Photographic print; 13 1/2 × 11 in. 925 Gift of Everett C. Maxwell

Portrait of Helena Modjeska

ClassificationsPhotographs
Subject Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska (1840 - 1909)
Datelate 1920s to early 1930s
MediumPhotographic print
Dimensions13 1/2 × 11 in. (34.3 × 27.9 cm)
Credit LineGift of Everett C. Maxwell
Object number925
DescriptionPortrait of Madame Modjeska mounted on a cardboard mat, one of a series of pictures of prominent women published by a magazine in the late 1920s or early 1930s. The original photograph was likely taken after 1900, in the later years of Modjeska's life. Originally came with a 1" black frame which has since been removed.
On View
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Madam Modjeska Doll, early 20th Century
Nascia Skovronska (Polish-born American); Orange Count…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
early 20th Century
Modjeska as "Portia," 1889

Benjamin J. Falk (American, 1853-1925); New York, NY
Gelatin silv…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
1889
Madame Modjeska as "Juliet", c. 1880
New York, New York
Albumen Print Cabinet Card Photograph…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880
Madame Modjeska as Marie Antoinette, 1909
Unknown Photographer
Photographic print; 26 3/8 x 2…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1891
Sandals Worn by Modjeska in "Cleopatra", c. 1880
Unknown maker; Paris, France
Leather, wood, …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880
Armlet Worn by Modjeska in "Cleopatra", c.1880
Unknown maker; Paris, France
Gold and imitatio…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880
Playbill for a Performance of "Antygona" Starring Helena Modjeska, 1903
Krakow, Poland
Paper …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
1903
"Forest of Arden”, Home Built in Modjeska Canyon by Madame Modjeska
, c. 1902
Photographer unk…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1902
Madame Modjeska as "Mary Stewart", c. 1882
Unknown photographer; United States
Albumen Print …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1882
Modjeska as "Ophelia", 1889
Unknown Photographer
Gelatin silver print; 12 × 7 1/2 in. 
1562B…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
1889
Madame Helena Modjeska as "Cleopatra", c. 1880
R. Wisniewski (Polish); Krakow, Poland
Silver …
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
1880-1882
Bracelets Worn by Modjeska in "Cleopatra", c. 1880
Unknown maker; Paris, France
Gold and imit…
Madame Helena Modjeska Chlapowska
c. 1880