ALPHONSE MUCHA -- A 1900s ART NOUVEAU SIGNED DRAWING OF A LADY, PROVENANCE, RARE

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ALPHONSE MUCHA -- A 1900s ART NOUVEAU SIGNED DRAWING OF A LADY, PROVENANCE, RARE:
$16425.00

ALPHONSE MUCHA
(1860-1939)AN ORIGINAL GRAPHITE (PENCIL) DRAWING
(An Untitled Portrait Of A Young Woman)Circa: MUCHA) (This artwork came without any official COAs or gallery documents attached, hence it is offered in our Sale \"as is\")Czechoslovakian-born ALPHONSE MUCHA is, perhaps, the most famous ART NOUVEAU illustrator and painter next to HENRI TOULOUSE-LAUTREC. Mucha is noted for his magnificent posters of idealized female figures.After early education in BRNO, Moravia, and work for a theater scene-painting firm in VIENNA, Mucha studied art in PRAGUE, MUNICH and PARIS in the 1880s. He first became prominent as the principal advertiser of the well-known actress SARAH BERNHARDT in Paris. He designed the posters for several theatrical productions featuring that actress, beginning with \"Gismonda\" (1894), and he also designed sets and costumes for her as well. Mucha designed many other posters and magazine illustrations, becoming one of the foremost designers in the ART NOUVEAU style. His supple, fluent draftsmanship is used to great effect in his posters of FEMALE NUDES, whose delicate features are framed by luxuriantly flowing strands of hair. The sensuous bravura of the draftsmanship, particularly the use of twining, whiplash lines, imparts a strange refinement to these nudes.Between 1903 and 1922 Mucha made four trips to the United States, where he attracted the patronage of Charles Richard Crane, a CHICAGO industrialist and Slavophile, who subsidized Mucha\'s series of 20 large historical paintings (1912-30) illustrating the \"Epic of the Slavic People.\" After 1922 Mucha lived in his native Czechoslovakia, donating his \"Slavic Epic\" paintings to the city of PRAGUE.In MUCHA\'s later years, with the rising tide of FASCISM sweeping Europe, his oeuvre fell into disrepute and Mucha died in 1939, largely a forgotten man. Starting in the 1970s though, a great resurgence of interest in Mucha\'s beautiful and timeless art brought him posthumously back to the top-tier of artists from the Art Nouveau period, the era he truly exemplifies.

THE PENCIL DRAWING

We are pleased to offer this truly-exquisite, early-1900s, untitled, ORIGINAL PENCIL DRAWING PORTRAIT of a YOUNG WOMAN\'s head and shoulders.It is drawn by-hand in GRAPHITE (LEAD PENCIL) on a light-tan paper (possibly tan from age), blank on the verso. This lovely FEMALE PORTRAIT features Mucha\'s trademark luxuriant and entwined wavy hair.NOTE: the first few photos were shot in the frame, through the glass, and consequently may be a bit murky and not read so clearly on your screen; the rest were shot out of frame and are much clearer and more accurate. (The drawing is now back in its frame with a fresh matte, backing and hanging wire.)This is a UNIQUE, ORIGINAL hand-drawn work, NOT a print, litho, or any other form of printed reproduction, we can definitely assure you of this.The view-size measures 11 1/8\" x 8\" (28 cm x 20 1/2 cm). The gorgeous old, Art Nouveau, gold-brown, carved-wood frame measures: 20 5/8\" x 17 5/8\" (52 1/2 cm x 45 cm).SIGNED: MUCHA in the lower-right. Not dated: circa early-1900s (could even be late 1890s).PLEASE NOTE: Under \'s rules and regulations we have to sell this original pencil drawing as in the manner of, or in the style of Alphonse Mucha, as there were no official or recognized COAs or gallery documents attached when we acquired the work. Hence, although all aspects feel correct, it must be offered for sale on , as is, in Alphonse Mucha\'s style.In VERY GOOD CONDITION. A beautiful, early-1900s SECESSIONIST-ERA ORIGINAL SIGNED PENCIL DRAWING. Superbly executed!It is a UNIQUE hand-drawn FEMALE PORTRAIT. (We wish we knew who the anonymous lady was.) MUCH DISCOUNTED from even our usual below-market online-pricing for an original work of this age and quality. With the option to make a \"BEST OFFER\" instead if you prefer! A terrific and rare Secessionist-era SIGNED PENCIL DRAWING, now well over a century old! FURTHER REDUCED this week by OVER $800 Serious buyers, please e-mail us for the HISTORY of this original female portrait study.With FREE SHIPPING for this framed original drawing if you are in the mainland United States and REDUCED shipping throughout the rest of the world.*We also offer terrific overseas combined shipping discounts when you buy more than one item --- Please ask us!The framed drawing will be securely shipped worldwide (with the exception of the African continent), wrapped and fully protected with stiff boards in a 3-dimensional padded box, via trackable FedEx Air International. (And via trackable UPS Ground for the mainland United States.)Please view our other fine-art sales and sales now running on this week. Thank you!
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