Aug 02, 2006 - Sale 2085

Sale 2085 - Lot 454

Price Realized: $ 1,840
?Final Price Realized includes Buyer’s Premium added to Hammer Price
Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
ALPHONSE MUCHA MOET ET CHANDON. Group of 4 menus. 1899.
Each approximately 8 5/8x5 7/8 inches. F. Champenois, Paris.
Condition varies, generally A. Paper.
Four Mucha lovelies, depicted with flowing gowns and ornamentation in soft pastel colors which were such a trademark of Mucha's work, are drinking, serving, offering and enjoying champagne. From a series of 10 menus designed to advertise the champagnes of Moet et Chandon, these were originally issued with a blank space to the right of the images on which the menu would actually be printed. Mucha p. 125.