Dec 15, 2005 - Sale 2062

Sale 2062 - Lot 126

Unsold
Estimate: $ 6,000 - $ 9,000
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) [SCRAP BOOK.] Circa 1896-1918.
Approximately 141/2x103/4 inches.
Condition B+. items pasted into scrap book; should be seen.
A scrap book filled with magazine illustrations and covers, including many of magazine pages and covers featuring early Art Deco illustrations of seductive, semi-clad women, mostly drawn by Herouard, Gerbault and Rene Vincent. Also included are many works by Alphonse Mucha including several extremely scarce and some never before seen images! The Burr McIntosh Monthly, black and white illustrations from magazines, magazine covers of Le Mois, a copy of the magazine Gaulois with a monochrome cover and color illustrations within by Mucha, ads from magazines selling Mucha's decorative panels, a booklet advertising Maggi bouillon, which is the only known copy (Rennert/Weill 29), featuring a previously unrecorded Mucha image on the cover.