Feb 24, 2022 - Sale 2596

Sale 2596 - Lot 44

Price Realized: $ 18,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 12,000 - $ 18,000

ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

[LA PLUME ET PRIMEVÉRE.] Pair of decorative panels. 1899.


Each 30 1/4x12 3/4 inches, 76 3/4x32 1/4 cm. [F. Champenois, Paris.]
Condition B: each with extensive skinning with glue residue in margins; pencil notations in bottom margins; minor abrasions in upper image; each mounted on thin board.

"These two symbolic figures, [also known as Quill and Primrose] complete with Mucha's customary aureoles around their heads and adorned with filigrees in their hair, comprise one of the best decorative panel sets marketed by Champenois" (Rennert / Weill p. 240). Rennert / Weill 64, Lendl / Prague 219, Mucha / Art Nouveau 51.