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French Art Nouveau iIthograph, "La Plume - Zodiac," by Alphonse Mucha
A French Art Nouveau "La Plume - Zodiac" lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. With Zodiac, Mucha reaches the full maturity of his style, with every one of his signature design elements in their most fluid and elaborate incarnations. The image was originally published as a calendar by F. Champenois but was quickly bought by La Plume, who began issuing it as a calendar with their own name at the top. The image was a huge success and was ultimately used for a variety of different advertising purposes. This lithograph is discussed in: "Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1984, pp. 100-102 and pictured in the same volume on p. 103 (var 1).
| Artist: Mucha |
| Signed: Mucha |
| Circa: 1896 |
| Dimensions: 25'' high x 18-1/4'' wide |
| Item #: ML-18112 |
| Price: $37,500 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
Pair of French Art Nouveau Lithographs, "Dawn and Dusk", by Alphonse Mucha
A pair of French Art Nouveau lithographs, "Dawn and Dusk," by Alphonse Mucha. These two panels, both representing reclining female figures, are among the few horizontal formats produced by Mucha. These two ladies represent the terminal points of the sun's daily journey. Dawn is represented by a girl removing the coverlet from her nude torso as she looks towards the rising sun. Dusk is a somnolent beauty settling down in her bed under the last rays of the day. Some of the most delicate pastel shadings are used by Mucha to differentiate one from the other. Pictured in: "Alphonse Mucha, The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, G. K. Hall, 1984, page 258-259, plate 70.
| Artist: Mucha |
| Signed: Mucha |
| Circa: 1899 |
| Dimensions: 21-5/8'' high x 37-1/8'' wide |
| Item #: ML-18442 |
| Price: $45,000 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
French Art Nouveau Lithograph titled "Hamlet", by Alphonse Mucha
A French Art Nouveau lithograph, "Hamlet", by Alphonse Mucha. Mucha designed several posters for the actress Sarah Bernhardt. Here she is shown in the role of Hamlet, performed in her theater in Paris in 1899. In the background is an evocation of the night scene in Elsinore Castle and in the banderole below she can be seen as the dead Ophelia. Signed in the lower left-hand corner. Pictured in "Alphonse Mucha: The complete posters and panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, page 239 (cat. 63).
| Artist: Alphonse Mucha |
| Signed: "Mucha" |
| Circa: 1899 |
| Dimensions: Dimensions: (Image) 81-1/2" high x 30-1/8" wide Framed: 84" high x 32" wide x 2" deep |
| Item #: ML-19238 |
| Price: $37,500 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
French Art Nouveau Lithograph "Salons des Cent XXeme Exposition" by Mucha
A French Art Nouveau "Salons des Cent XXeme Exposition" lithograph by Alphonse Mucha. Salon des Cent was the exhibition hall associated with La Plume magazine. This poster was Mucha's introductory gift to La Plume in appreciation for being invited to join the magazine's roster of artists. La Plume eventually sold all of Mucha's posters through their art department and honored him with a one-man show the following year. The languorous woman with long, entwined, curling tresses represents feminine inspiration and ultimately became a symbol for the Art Nouveau movement. The quill and paintbrush she holds in her hand is a direct reference to La Plume - both the exhibition hall and the magazine. A similar lithograph is described and pictured in: "Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1984, pp. 72-75.
| Artist: Mucha |
| Signed: Mucha and numbered (lower right) |
| Circa: 1896 |
| Dimensions: 24-1/4'' high x 16-3/4'' wide |
| Item #: ML-16859 |
| Price: $42,000 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
French Art Nouveau LIthograph, "La Trappistine," by Alphonse Mucha
A French lithograph by Alphonse Mucha advertising La Trappistine. La Trappistine was a liqueur made in Paris, allegedly from a recipe handed down by Trappist monks. Here Mucha depicts a slender young lady in a gracefully draped pose, her head encircled by a halo. The embellishment with the Maltese cross serves to remind us of the religious order involved in the preparation of the beverage. Her hair hangs down in a single thick strand, which leads our eye to the tabouret in the foreground, holding the bottle. A similar lithograph is pictured and discussed in: "Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1984, pp. 134-135.
| Artist: Mucha |
| Signed: Mucha |
| Circa: 1897 |
| Dimensions: 90'' high x 38'' wide |
| Item #: ML-17423 |
| Price: $47,500 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
Byzantine Heads" lithographs by Alphonse Mucha
A pair of French "Byzantine Heads" lithographs by Alphonse Mucha. The mastery evident in creating two archetypes of the female form against a decorative background confirms Mucha's artistic maturity. Both women, portrayed in profile, have their heads decorated with beautiful jewelry, the richness and oriental nature of which suggested the name Byzantine Heads for the series. The subtle differences in details between the paintings are worth noticing. This is the first appearance of the perfect form of Mucha's often-used motif, a circle framing each head interrupted by a strand of hair. With this device, it is as if Mucha's unreachable beauties have broken the magic border between themselves and their admirers and suggest the possibility that they might, perhaps, meet. (Mucha/Art Nouveau, p. 192). In this version, Mucha added corners filigreed with curves to the original circular designs in order to create the standard rectangular shape of decorative panels. This is the rarest of all variants. Pictured in "Alphonse Mucha, The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, page 167, cat. 40, variant 1.
| Artist: Mucha |
| Circa: 1897 |
| Dimensions: 20-1/2'' high x 14-1/4'' wide each |
| Item #: ML-17602 |
| Price: $47,500 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
French Art Nouveau Lithographs titled "The Four Seasons" by Mucha
A set of four French Art Nouveau lithographs titled Les Saisons ("The Seasons") by Alphonse Mucha. This set is one of three that Mucha designed to represent the four seasons. Here, the seasons are depicted as sumptuous young women with surroundings that symbolize the seasons which they are allegories for. All four of the brilliantly colored panels are signed. Spring is depicted as a beautiful, rosy-cheeked woman with long blonde hair that reaches almost down to her ankles. The contrapposto figure is fashioning a lyre from a verdant green branch, using her luscious golden hair as strings. Songbirds flock to the allegorical figure, adding to the aural aura that this airy piece emits. Summer sits lethargically at the side of a pond, dipping her feet into the cool water and resting on a branch of ivy. She wears a crown of crimson poppies and her thin white robes appear to be falling off with the heat of the summer day. Autumn's hair is a deep, rich, reddish-brown, which echoes the colors of the dried leaves in the trees and on the ground below her. The allegorical figure is not looking directly into the viewers eyes, but rather to the bountiful grapes she holds in her hand. She is crowned with the fall-blooming flower, chrysanthemum. Winter is wrapped in an icy blue shawl and is surrounded by snowy branches. The viewer is left to wonder if the allegorical woman is quietly whispering to the birds to teach them the song of spring to come; or, if she is using the songbirds that once celebrated new life with her as sustenance to make it through the bitter winter. Pictured in: "Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, G.K. Hall & Co., Publishers, Boston, pages 90-97, cat. 18.
| Artist: Mucha |
| Signed: Signed, ''Mucha” on all four lithographs. |
| Circa: 1896 |
| Dimensions: 41-3/4'' high x 23-1/2'' wide |
| Item #: ML-18667 |
| Price: Price on Request. Call (212) 644-6400 |
French Art Nouveau Lithograph "Flirt Biscuits" by Mucha
A French Art Nouveau lithograph, "Flirt Biscuits", by Alphonse Mucha. "Flirt" was one of the brands of biscuits made by Lefevre-Utile who gave Mucha a number of commissions over the years. The added text "Grand Prix - Paris 1900" was placed in later versions of this display poster. Framed with UV Plexiglass. Pictured in, "Alphonse Mucha, The Complete Posters and Panels", by Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, G.K. Hall & Co., Publishers, Boston, pages 262-263.
| Artist: Mucha |
| Signed: Mucha |
| Circa: 1899 |
| Dimensions: 31-1/4'' high x 18'' wide |
| Item #: ML-19495 |
| Price: $9,750 – Call: (212) 644-6400 |
