Feb 20 at 10:30 AM - Sale 2695 -

Sale 2695 - Lot 35

Estimate: $ 8,000 - $ 12,000

ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)

BISCUITS LEFÈVRE - UTILE. 1897.

24¼x17½ inches, 61½x44½ cm. F. Champenois, Paris.
Condition B+: repaired tears at edges, some into border and lower image; small replaced losses and minor overpainting in margins; repaired pin holes in corners; slight bleach spots in upper text. Matted and framed.

"All of [Lefèvre-Utile's] designs featured the initials LU somewhere, and in this case, they are incorporated into the golden arch that protrudes into the picture. The girl's dress has a pattern of sickles and wheat, and she even has some wheat stalks in her hair, ideal to indicate the origin of the product" (Lendl p. 70).

Rennert / Weill 22, Brno 13, Gold 59 (var), Lendl p. 71 (var), Mucha Grand Palais 22 (var), Darmstadt 43 (var), Mucha / Henderson 126, Mucha / Bridges C5, Triumph des Jugendstils 26, DFP-II 632, Weill 60.
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