Alfonse MUCHA (1860-1939)
Foundling
Watercolor on cardboard laid down on board, signed lower left.
One of the three illustrations by Mucha for the first part of the text L'Enfant trouvé by Henri des Houx in the magazine Paris-Noël.
Spotting.
34.7 x 25.5 cm
Bibliography: Paris-Noël, 1896-1897 (twelfth year), illustration of L'Enfant trouvé, text by Henri des Houx ("...Madeleine knelt before her fiancé, while Laurent looked on terrified. Hands appeared at the edge of the window, the hands of corpses brought in by the flood, and beside them Laurent recognized Marcel's face. A sardonic sneer appeared on that bloody face...")
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