Mucha, Cover for l'Estampe Moderne, 1899, Lithograph

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Original Lithograph - Cover by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) for the issue #21 of L'Estampe Moderne - January 1899
L'Estampe Moderne … Read more Original Lithograph - Cover by Alphonse Mucha (1860-1939) for the issue #21 of L'Estampe Moderne - January 1899
L'Estampe Moderne appeared in 1897-1899 as a series of 24 monthly fascicles, each containing 4 original lithographs, printed by Parisian Imprimerie Champenois. Many accomplished European Art Nouveau painters contributed works to this publication, which contained only Original prints invented and produced especially for this collection.
Lithograph was issued for the issue #21, i.e. the ninth issue of the second year.
Good condition (see images and below) and, most important, it is complete - both front and back
Size: 42 x 31.5 cm. Signed on the plate, lower left. sold with certificate
IMPORTANT:
We do not crop images, we do not crop artworks! Since the publication of this artwork during the peaceful and exuberant Belle Epoque. And most of these lithographs have been lost or, even worse, cropped, in order to frame the image of the pensive girl holding a brush without the surrounding text, or otherwise to get rid of the rear part of the cover. We have been lucky enough to find this cover in very good condition and full size including its back, only with a few normal signs of age around (not affecting the image), but without any major or even minor defect as an artwork. The page cutting is jagged as it was when issued.
Literature / Catalogue Raisonné:
Ann Bridges, Alphonse Mucha - The Complete Graphic Works, Harmony Books, NY, 1980, page 171, ref. R10a (illustrated) This piece has an attribution mark,
I am sure that it is completely authentic and take full responsibility for any authenticity
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