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ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)
AU QUARTIER LATIN. Magazine cover. 1898.
16x12 1/2 inches, 40 1/2x31 3/4 cm. Paul Dupont, Paris. Condition A-: minor abrasions and slight foxing at edges; detached from magazine issue. Paper.
Mucha designed four different covers for this artistic and literary magazine, which was published periodically for the Mid-Lent season Carnival. Here, he presents a parade of students at the feet of the Queen of the Carnival. She is wearing a crown and an elaborate cloak adorned with the coat of arms of Paris. Lendl p. 140, Mucha / Bridges R11b, Lendl 89, Darmstadt 101, Mucha / Henderson p. 124, Jiri Mucha p. 61 (var).
