Alphonse Mucha, Czech 1860-1939

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Description

Alphonse Mucha
souvenir de la ville natale
signed and inscribed Ivancice
pastel, charcoal, pencil and gouache
29.5x22cm.; 11 3/4 x8 3/4 in.

Provenance

Maria Muchova, the artist's wife
purchased from the above by the previous owners on 21 June 1944

Literature

Mucha 1860-1939: peintures, illustrations, affiches, arts décoratifs, exh. cat., Paris, 1980, no.302, illustrated
Arthur Ellridge, Mucha - Le triomphe de modern style, p.186, illustrated

Catalogue Note

A larger version of Souvenir de la ville natale, dated 1903, is in the collection of the Museum of Ivancice, Czech Republic.

The authenticity of this work has been confirmed by John Mucha of the Mucha Foundation.