Feb 07, 2002 - Sale 1924

Sale 1924 - Lot 418

Unsold
Estimate: $ 5,000 - $ 7,500
VIN DES INCAS. 1897.
5 1/4x14 1/8 inches. [F. Champenois, Paris.]
Condition A. Framed.
The smaller version of a poster Mucha designed to sell this coca-based tonic. "Mucha shows an ancient Indian paying obeisance to a luscious goddess. Both are wearing feather headdresses, and the atmosphere is one of a langorous tropical idyll" (Rennert/Weill p. 176). Rennert/Weill 43 var. 1.