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Alfons Mucha (1860-1939)
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La Plume |
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Original lithograph in colours published on the front page of “La Plume” Magazine, 1st January 1899., number 233, priced at 60 centimes, signed by the artist in the stone. This comes with the complete magazine . |
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26 x 14 cms |
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In good overall condition with minor creases and s |
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£280.00
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Printed by: G de M Vaugirard, Paris, France
Biographical note Czech painter, poster artist and designer, and the embodiment of turn-of-the-century art. A wealthy patron enabled him to study at the Munich Academy, then, in 1887, at the Académie Julian. He was an illustrator for several magazines and newspapers. In 1894, his first poster for Sarah Bernhardt won him considerable renown. In 1904 he travelled to the United States. In 1911 he returned to Prague to devote himself to an oeuvre celebrating the epic of Slav history. Mucha's fame was owed to his very personal style of drawing, which was both elegant and supple, giving a slender, sophisticated vision of Woman. His taste for curved and intertwined forms combined with a wild proliferation of plant life was expressed in some of the most celebrated posters of his time. He was one of the most important “Art Nouveau” artists of the time.
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