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Estimate: $ 4,000 - $ 6,000
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) ROSE. 1898. 40 3/8x16 7/8 inches. [F. Champenois, Paris.] Condition B+: expertly replaced margins. For this series Mucha "personifies four flowers and assigns a different female type to each of them . . . Rose is proud and closed in her strictly formal pose . . . Mucha used the vertical format made famous in Sarah Bernhardt's posters. The theme allowed Mucha to use extravagant floral decorations with minimal stylization." (Spirit of Art Nouveau p. 196).
![ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) ROSE. 1898. 40x16 inches. [F. Champenois, Paris.]](https://catalogue.swanngalleries.com/full//809\578809.jpg)
