Lot 951: Mucha, Alphonse - Lithograph - Handnumbered - Original price € 220

ALPHONSE MUCHA - Lithograph Unique edition of high-quality lithographs on unique material in the world, printed on Japanese handmade paper-Washi, is paper of the highest quality made from the bark of mulberry bushes according to the traditional Japanese nagashi-zuki technique on bamboo screens. Publisher CENTRAL GALLERY/Museum of Prague. Published in a limited edition of 90. Signed in the plate. Hand numbered. VERY RARE Seven years after Czech artist Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) arrived in Paris he became world-famous overnight with his poster Gismonda (1894), designed for theatre superstar Sarah Bernhardt. Le style Mucha soon became synonymous with Art Nouveau, the modern art movement that came to define the look of the French capital.

30.00x21.00 cm (11.81x8.27 inch)

Japanese rice paper

2022

Excellent condition, never framed.

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Note on the illustration: Please understand that for technical reasons the illustration may show color differences to the original. In case of numbered objects you will receive a copy from the edition. The numbering may differ from that shown in the illustration.