Jan 26, 2017 - Sale 2435

Sale 2435 - Lot 101

Price Realized: $ 8,750
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) BISCUITS LEFÈVRE - UTILE. 1897.
23 3/4x17 1/4 inches, 60 1/4x17 1/4 cm. F. Champenois, Paris.
Condition B+: abrasions in margins, some affecting image; minor staining in lower corners; on linen mounted to board. Matted and framed.
"All of the firm's designs featured the initials LU somewhere, and in this case they are incorporated into the golden arch that protrudes into the picture. The girl's dress has a pattern of sickles and wheat, and she even has some wheat stalks in her hair, ideal to indicate the origin of the product" (Lendl p. 70). Rennert / Weill 22, Brno 13, Gold 59, Lendl p. 71 (var), Mucha Grand Palais 22 (var), Darmstadt 43 (var), Mucha / Henderson 126, Mucha / Bridges C5, Triumph des Jugendstils 26, DFP-II 632.