Artist: Alphonse Mucha Czech (1860-1939)
Title: L'Estampe Moderne Cover
Plate: emCover
Original Lithograph cover for L'Estampe Moderne
Various monthly issues from 1897 to 1899 (not exactly same issue as shown)
Printed by F. Champenois, Paris.
Signed on the plate lower left "Mucha"
Presented in 16 x 20 in. acid free archival museum mat, with framing labels. Ready to frame. Shipped boxed flat.
Certificate of Authenticity.
Size: approx 12 in x 16 in / 30.5 cm x 40.6 cm
Price: $325.00
An elegant Mucha model, holding an artist's brush, looks across the page at the description of the artworks enclosed. A delightful example of Mucha's superb Art Nouveau artistry.
Not unlike the Maitre de L'Affiche series, L'Estampe Moderne was a portfolio printed between 1897-98, published by Imprimerie Champenois, Paris, contained 24 monthly portfolios, with four original lithographs in each. Each commissioned only for this series. Some of the contributing artists included Mucha, Rhead, Meunier, Ibels, Steinlen, Willette and Grasset.
In the context of Mucha's oeuvre, this artistic and literary work combines in a fortuitously unique way his philosophy, imagination, talent and skill, reflects his past achievements in decorative design, and is also a precursor of his future artistic developments. (Rennert/Weill )