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Estimate: $ 7,000 - $ 10,000
ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939) ÉTOILE DU SOIR. 1902. 31 1/4x12 inches, 79 1/2x30 1/2 cm. Condition B+: repaired tears and creases in margins and image; restored losses and pin-holes in corners. "In this series Mucha began to see the decorative panel as painting with a meaning deeper than mere ornament. He connected his attraction to higher ideals, expressed through the stars . . . The dramatic quality of the movement of the individual figures is also remarkable, resembling the great baroque artistic heritage of Mucha's country . . . at this time of his life Mucha was striving to be seen as an artist-philosopher, to which the theme of the Stars was highly suited" (Spirit of Art Nouveau p. 206). Rennert/Weill 82, Lendl 61, Mucha P46, Triumph des Jugendstils 100, The Spirit of Art Nouveau 55b.
