ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860 1939) LILLUSTRATION NOËL Magazine Cove

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Sale 2695 - Lot 32

Estimate: $ 800 - $ 1,200

ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

L'ILLUSTRATION / NOËL. Magazine Cover. 1896.

16x12 inches, 40½x30½ cm. Ducourtioux & Huillard, [Paris].
Condition A-: minor repaired tears and restoration at edges.

For this Christmas edition cover of L'Illustration, Mucha presents an allegorical scene of two women, representing the old year departing and the new year arriving. Along the left side is one of Mucha's cleverest decorative borders, involving hands, stitching and pine branches.

Mucha R8, Mucha Grand Palais L. 21.

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