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Estimate: $ 1,200 - $ 1,800
LUDEK MAROLD (1865-1898) L'EQUITABLE DES ETATS-UNIS. 1898. Group of 4 calendars. 8 1/4x15 1/4 inches. Condition varies, generally A-. 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, Marold worked for the Parisian printer Lemercier and was likely responsible for introducing Mucha to the printer. Although he had his own unique artistic style (see Swann Art Nouveau Auction # 2099, lot 6) for this commission (for a French branch of an American insurance company), Marold employed an easy and accessible Art Nouveau style that was more illustrative than graphic. In an almost painterly manner that was more delicate and sensitive than Mucha's, Marold presents his own version of the four seasons. Marold returned to Prague shortly before his premature death in 1898.
