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Lot n° 498

Mucha, Alfons

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MUCHA, Alfons Le Salon des Cent. Paris F. Champenois 1897 Colour lithograph, 67,8 x 45,3 cm, wove paper, stone signed (marg. tears, sm. losses on edges, long vert. and horiz. folds, 2 sm. holes on edge, sl. soiled, edges sl. browned). Linen backed. Poster edited by "Affiches artistiques de la Plume, Paris". For this poster advertising his solo exhibition at the Salon des Cent, Mucha chose to depict a woman with distinctly Slavonic features wearing a Moravian bonnet and a wreath of daisies. She holds up a panel with a heart encircled by three decorative garlands. Composed of daisies, thorns and fruits, this motif symbolizes the complexity of life.