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Estimate: $ 2,000 - $ 3,000
SOCIETE POPULAIRE DES BEAUX-ARTS. 1897. 24 1/2x18 1/4 inches. F. Champenois, Paris. Condition B-: expertly restored losses, overpainting, repaired tears and restoration in margins, corners and image. Mucha designed this poster to help promote a society dedicated to "the purpose of popularizing art by holding laterna magica shows" (Rennert/Weill p. 116). In his visual analogy Mucha employs the personification of "Beaux Arts" in the form of a typical flowing-haired Mucha deity, leaning on a projector, giving a lesson to simple student; in reds, browns and gold. Rennert / Weill 23.
