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ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)
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[FRIENDSHIP.] 1904.
18
1
/
4
x12 inches, 46
3
/
8
x30
1
/
2
cm.
Condition A-: creases in margins and image.
Faded. Matted and framed. Unexamined out of
frame.
Mucha’s
Friendship
allegory was so popular
that shortly after the image appeared in the
newspaper, it was issued separately as a fine art
lithograph.
RARE
. We have found only one
other copy at auction. Lendl p. 257, Rennert /
Weill 89, Mucha / Henderson 170, Mucha /
Bridges R28, Spirit of Art Nouveau 60 (var),
Grand Palais L. 69 (var).
[2,000/3,000]
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