19th-Century European Art
19th-Century European Art
Property from an Important Collection
Alphonse Mucha
Girl of Ivančice
Auction Closed
February 5, 09:31 PM GMT
Estimate
100,000 - 150,000 USD
Lot Details
Description
Property from an Important Collection
Alphonse Mucha
Czech 1860 - 1939
Girl of Ivančice
signed, inscribed, and dated lower left: Mucha Paris 1903 (date is in a different hand)
transparent and opaque watercolor, gold paint, pencil and charcoal on board
sheet: 17 by 7 ¾ in.; 43.2 by 19.7 cm (sight)
framed: 27 ¼ by 17 ⅜ in.; 69.2 by 44.1 cm
Private collection, Munich;
By whom sold, Sotheby’s, New York, 31 October 2000, lot 139;
Where acquired by a Private collector;
Thence by descent to the present owner.
We are grateful to the Society for the Preservation of Alphonse Mucha in Ivančice, as well as Mrs. Magda Vrankova and Dr. I. Havelka for confirming the authenticity of this work and for providing additional cataloguing information.