Jan 26, 2017 - Sale 2435

Sale 2435 - Lot 156

Price Realized: $ 281
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 400 - $ 600
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) L'HABITATION PRATIQUE. Magazine cover. Circa 1905.
15x12 1/2 inches, 38x31 3/4 cm. L. Ruckert et Cie, [Paris.]
Condition A-: minor time-staining and small repaired tears in margins; painted seal in lower margin; slight fading in image. Matted and framed.
The magazine used Mucha's 1903 design as its cover illustration from 1904 to the end of 1910. "The name of the engraver 'L. Ruckert et Cie Sc.' appeared in 1905 and disappeared in June 1906. In 1920, the newspaper changed its name toL'Habitation Moderne " (http://richet.christian.free.fr/habitat/habitat.html). Grand Palais L. 68, Mucha / Bridges R36 (var), Spirit of Art Nouveau 62.