Jan 26, 2017 - Sale 2435

Sale 2435 - Lot 165

Price Realized: $ 2,470
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,000 - $ 1,500
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) AU QUARTIER LATIN. Magazine cover. 1898.
14 1/8x10 1/2 inches, 36x26 3/4 cm. Paul Dupont, Paris.
Condition A / A-: minor creases, staining and minor restoration in margins. Framed. Unexamined out of frame.
In all, Mucha designed four different covers for this artistic and literary magazine, which was published sporadically 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).