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ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860-1939)
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ZDENKA CERNY. 1913.
Image panel: 42
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x42
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inches, 108x108 cm, Text panel: 31
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x42
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inches, 80x108 cm. V. Neubert
Smichov, Prague.
Condition A- / B+: minor creases in margins and image. Two-sheets, framed separately. Paper. Unexamined
out of frames.
Zdenka Cerny was one of three daughters from the family with whom Mucha lived in Chicago in
1906. A prodigal cellist, she was slated to go on a European tour in 1914, but the tour was canceled
due to the outbreak of World War I. While “the Art Nouveau ornamentation is virtually absent, other
than a circle of stylized fleurs-de-lis in white behind Zdenka, and a similar white-outline garland
around her cello,” Mucha’s style is present in the woman’s hair and the collar of her dress (Rennert /
Weill p. 346). Rennert / Weill 102, Lendl p. 280, Brno 65, Mucha / Henderson 108, Mucha / Bridges
A63, Spirit of Art Nouveau 39 (var).
[5,000/7,500]