Alphonse MUCHA (1860-1939) - Lot 194

Alphonse MUCHA (1860-1939) Salon des Cent, 1896 Chromolithograph. Uncoated. Signed lower left. Imp. Champenois, Paris. Very good condition. Exceptional gold. 64 x 43 cm Provenance : Charles Joseph Guillemain Collection, his stamp lower left n° xxx (Lugt 4766). Bibliography: - L'Affichomanie, no. 121. - Rennert / Weill, Mucha, p. 72-73, no. 12. - Salon des Cent, p. 47. We know that this drawing was offered by Mucha to be co-opted by the Salon des Cent. We also know that Léon Deschamps enthusiastically accepted the sketch, even though the artist considered it unfinished: he did very well. With the letter drawn, the image can breathe... the gold of our exempalire is exceptional.