Important Design

Alphonse Mucha et Auguste Seysses Femme aux lys Vers 1901-1902 Bronze patiné, marbre et laiton doré Signé ASeysses, inscrit 1ère Epreuve et avec la marque de fondeur THIEBAUT Fres PARIS/FUMIERE et GAVIGNOT Srs sur la base 83 x 20,5 x 20,5 cm ; 32 ⅝ x 8 ⅛ x 8 ⅛ in.

femme aux lys

Important Prints and Multiples Day Sale  

ALPHONSE MUCHA 1860 - 1939 JOB Lithograph printed in colors and metallic ink, 1896, signed in pencil, on wove paper, printed by F. Champenois, Paris, framed image: 514 by 387 mm 20¼ by 15¼ in sheet: 660 by 457 mm 26 by 18 in

alphonse mucha | job

Belle Époque and Beyond: Prints from the Collection of Barbara and Ira Lipman

ALPHONSE MUCHA 1860 - 1939 JOB Lithograph printed in colors, 1898, on linen-backed wove paper, printed by F. Champenois, Paris, framed image: 1410 by 927 mm 55½ by 36⅜ in sheet: 1554 by 998 mm 59⅛ by 39⅜ in

Fine Books and Manuscripts, Including Americana. Part 2

Mucha, Alphonse Le Pater. Paris: F. Champenois and H. Piazza, 20th December 1899 Folio (397 x 306 mm). Printed rectos only, half title, dedication leaf, color lithographed title page, 8 plates, 7 leaves of text with ornamental borders, limitation leaf, colophon leaf, and with 7 black-and-white lithographed plates; intermittent pale spotting, with some expected light offsetting to the blank versos. Near contemporary three-quarters dark brown crushed morocco leather, gilt ruled, spine gilt lettered and decorated with a floral motif featuring red and green leather onlays, marbled paper boards, the binding signed by Paul Affolter (active 1880-1929), original printed wrapper bound in; Rubbing and a few small spots of wear to the extremities and rear board. Limited edition, copy 247 of 510, of Alphonse Mucha’s sumptuously color-printed art nouveau artist’s book, his symbolist masterpiece. According to the artist, this book the most important achievement of his career. He was not it’s only admirer—Charles Masson, the influential critic, reviewed Mucha’s book in Art et Decoration, as “an opus of remarkable unity of ideas and execution.” Dissatisfied with an unending stream of commercial projects, from theatre posters to door handles, Mucha wanted a change. In 1898, he began to work on a book of entirely his own conception, a vehicle for his visionary beliefs that would showcase both his writing and his artistry — this illustrated edition of The Lord’s Prayer. This was an artwork made to serve a higher purpose, replete with Christian allegory and masonic symbolism, conveying both a philosophical and a spiritual message. As Mucha recounted: “I became a victim of my own device. Besides—I had not found true satisfaction in [commercial] work of this kind. I saw my path as lying elsewhere, somewhat higher. I was looking round for a means to spread light that would reach into the remotest corners. I did not have to look long. The Lord’s prayer. Why not give its words pictorial expression?” He goes on to explain how he envisioned the book’s structure: “first the cover page with symbolic ornamentation, then the same ornaments, developed in a sort of variation around one line of the Prayer, the third page explaining in calligraphic writing the idea contained in that line, the fourth rendering this idea in a picture, and so on, line after line until the end” (Jiri Mucha, Alphone Maria Mucha… p. 138). REFERENCES Jiri Mucha, Alphonse Maria Mucha: His Life and Art. New York: Rizzoli, 1989). PROVENANCE Unidentified heraldic book label to the front pastedown

View 1 of Lot 451: Mucha, Alphonse | Le Pater, 1899

mucha, alphonse | le pater, 1899

19th-Century European Art

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 Tête Byzantine, Blonde signed lower right: Mucha watercolor and gouache on paper, laid on card sheet: 21 ¼ by 19 ¼ in.; 54 by 48.9 cm framed: 24 by 21 ⅝ in.; 61 by 54.9 cm

View 1 of Lot 108: Tête Byzantine, Blonde

tête byzantine, blonde

European & British Art, Part I

Property from a Japanese Private Collection

Property from a Japanese Private Collection Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 Mother and Child signed and dated Mucha / 29 lower right coloured crayon heightened with white, arched top Unframed: 44.5 by 32.2cm., 17½ by 12¾in. Framed: 66 by 55.2cm., 26 by 21¾

mother and child

Modern & Contemporary Art

Property from a Private Collection Alphonse Mucha 1860 - 1939 Portrait of Hanna Vitousek signed and dated Mucha 1912 (lower right) oil on canvas, oval 50 by 38 cm. 19¾ by 15 in. Executed in 1912. The frame is the original carved wooden frame designed by Mucha.

View 1 of Lot 18: Portrait of Hanna Vitousek

portrait of hanna vitousek

19th Century European Paintings & Sculpture

Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 The Embrace charcoal on paper laid on cardboard sheet: 19 ¼ by 25 ⅜ in.; 48.9 by 64.4 cm framed: 27 by 34 ¾ in.; 68.6 by 88.2 cm

the embrace

ALPHONSE MUCHA 1860 - 1939 LORENZACCIO Lithograph printed in colors, 1896, from the edition of unknown size, on two sheets of wove paper, printed by F. Champenois, Paris, framed image approx.: 2026 by 703 mm 79¾ by 27⅝ in

alphonse mucha | lorenzaccio

Artist Books

Mucha, Alphons Documents décoratifs. Paris, Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, 1902. Portfolio in-folio (455 x 330 mm). En feuilles, sous portfolio illustré, lacets de fermeture. L'un des chefs-d'œuvre de l'Art nouveau. Préface de Gabriel Mourey (6 pages). Suite de 72 planches : 18 en couleurs, les autres monochromes ou en 2 couleurs : 8 sont contrecollées. Cette importante suite de planches, publiée au tournant du siècle, expose les préceptes de l’Art nouveau et l’application de son esthétique aux papiers peints, à la céramique, au mobilier, à l’orfèvrerie, aux vitraux, à la typographie, à l’architecture, etc. Ces modèles furent utilisés pendant des années par de nombreuses écoles d’art et influencèrent une génération d’artistes.

View 1 of Lot 19: Documents décoratifs. 1902. 72 planches : l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de l'art nouveau.

documents décoratifs. 1902. 72 planches : l'un des chefs-d'œuvre de l'art nouveau.

Modern Discoveries

Alphonse Mucha 1860 - 1939 Job lithograph printed in colors and metallic ink on wove paper image: 20⅜ by 15¼ in. (51.4 by 38.7 cm.) sheet: 20¼ by 15½ in. (51.7 by 39.3 cm.) Executed in 1896.

The Collection of a Connoisseur: History in Manuscript

ILLUSTRATORS TWO LETTERS: i) Dore, Gustave, autograph letter signed, to Ruehm, asking him to give a drawing job to M. Brinnard, in French, 1 page, 8vo, integral blank, January [?1862] ii) Mucha, Alphonse, autograph postcard signed, to Filip Kuber, postmarked 7 September 1910 To view shipping calculator, please here

illustrators | two letters, by gustave dore and alphonse mucha

20th Century Art: A Different Perspective

Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 Allegory of Saving signed and dated Mucha / 31 lower left watercolour on paper Unframed: sheet size: 38 by 51cm., 15 by 20in.; image size: 32 by 44cm., 12¾ by 17¼in. (arched top) Framed: 52 by 63.5cm., 20½ by 25in.

allegory of saving

Property from a Private Collection Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 Portrait of Hanna Vitousek signed and dated Mucha 1912 lower right oil on canvas, oval Unframed: 50 by 38cm., 19¾ by 15in. Framed: 73 by 62cm., 28¾ by 24½in. The frame is the original carved wooden frame designed by Mucha.

View 1 of Lot 16: Portrait of Hanna Vitousek

Property from the Collection of Seymour Stein Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 Tête Byzantine, Brunette signed lower left: Mucha watercolor and gouache on paper, laid on card sheet: 21 ⅜ by 18 ¾ in.; 54.3 by 47.6 cm framed: 24 ¼ by 21 ¾ in.; 61.6 by 55.2 cm

View 1 of Lot 107: Tête Byzantine, Brunette

tête byzantine, brunette

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

girl of ivančice

Property of a California Collector Alphonse Mucha Czech 1860 - 1939 Mistletoe: Portrait of Mme Mucha signed and dated Mucha903 lower left watercolor heightened with gouache on linen Image size: 54 by 36.5cm., 21¼ by 14¼in.; Unframed: 60.5cm by 42cm., 23¾ by 15½in. Framed: 69 by 52cm., 27¼ by 20½in.

View 1 of Lot 32: Mistletoe: Portrait of Mme Mucha

mistletoe: portrait of mme mucha

sculpture in patinated bronze and malachite

la nature

Œuvres sur Papier

young man seated on an armchair

A Private View: Property from the Country Home of Christopher Cone and Stanley J. Seeger

on the reverse is another study in pencil of legs.

study for the feet of sarah bernhardt in poster for hamlet

The complete set of four volumes, 1902, comprising title-page, text and seventy-two plates, various techniques including etching, heliogravure, lithograph and others, published by Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts, Paris, on wove paper, some on laid coloured paper attached to support sheet, some pale paper discoloration, loose in original paper wrappers, the four volumes contained in original paper-wrapped boards with title on uppers (minor wear along edges) (72)

alphonse marie mucha. documents décoratifs (m&h page 132)

Four lithographs printed in colours, 1895-1900, proofs before letters, printed on one sheet which was cut, printed by F. Champenois, Paris; with lefèvre-utile (see bridges page 187), six lithographs printed in colours, circa 1900, printed by F. Champenois, Paris on wove paper, with margins, in good condition apart from one plate with two punched holes in lower margin (10)

chocolat masson. chocolat mexicain (mucha & henderson page 117)

l'artiste dans son atelier

jeune femme pensive

'lady seated on a rock.' an art nouveau bronze figure of a naked woman, circa 1969, after the original of 1899

seated girl with a garland

le carrillon de paques reveillant la nature

Robert de Flers. Ilsée, Prinzessin von Tripolis. Prague: B. Kocí, 1901

Robert de Flers. Ilsée, Prinzessin von Tripolis. Prague: B. Kocí, 1901 4to (11 3/4  x 9 1/2 in.; 299 x 242 mm). Text within 132 chromolithographed frames (4 full-page without text) by Mucha, one blind-embossed half-title, letterpress half-title. Original black, green, and gold printed wrappers. Red morocco portfolio; portfolio worn.  

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