ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) [LA PLUME.] 1900.
23 3/4x10 1/4 inches, 60 1/4x26 cm.
Condition B+: extensive, expert overpainting in margins and image. Framed.
A very rare, previously unrecorded variant of La Plume, printed by J. Royer "as an in-house poster or handbill" (Rennert / Weill p. 240). All of Mucha's incomparable graphic traits are on display here; a consummately rendered woman in profile, an ornamented halo behind her head, luxurious jewelry in her hair, all in his sophisticated, pastel palette. Rennert / Weill 64 var 2, Lendl 69 (var), Mucha C11(var), The Spirit of Art Nouveau 51b (var).