$39,000
Alphonse Marie Mucha (Czechoslovakian, 1860-1939) Art Nouveau Four-panel Screen: Printemps, Ete, Automne and Hiver from Les Saisons , 1896 Inscribed "Mucha" within the matrices l. r. or l.l., Rennert/Weill 18. Chromolithographs, sight sizes 39 1/8 x 19 5/8 in., set within a marquetry wooden screen frame and jacquard tapestry backing, overall size 59 x 22 3/8 x 1 in. Condition: Chromolithographs with toning and minor surface abrasions, not examined out of screen frame. Note: The present suite is the largest size of five variations that Mucha created in this composition. Les Saisons , 1896 proved to be such a commercial success for Mucha and his Parisian printer F. Champenois that they repeated the theme in smaller format compositions in 1897 and 1900.(1) (1) Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, Alphonse Mucha: The Complete Posters and Panels (Boston: G.K. Hall & Co., 1984), p. 90. Reverse has wholes for hanging wire was hung on a wall.
Auctioneer:
Skinner
Date:
2012-12-15
