Each approximately 56 1/2x41 1/2 inches, 143 1/2x105 1/2 cm. Lemercier, Paris. Condition varies, generally B / B+: Two men - replaced right margin; each with replaced losses, repaired tears, creases and overpainting in margins and image and along vertical and horizontal folds. Framed.
Ludek Marold and Alphonse Mucha lived parallel lives. Both born in Czechoslovakia, they met and became friends while studying art together in Vienna. In 1889, Marold received a grant to study in Paris, and Mucha followed him one year later. From 1894-95, he worked for the Parisian printer Lemercier, and was likely responsible for introducing Mucha to the printer. Marold returned to Prague shortly before his premature death in 1898. Wine Spectator 137, Litfass p. 64, Drink 16.
