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ALPHONSE MUCHA (1860–1939)
The Four Seasons, circa 1900–1903, deluxe edition on satin.
The Four Seasons, circa 1900–1903, deluxe edition on satin.
A rare set of colour prints on satin, comprising four decorative panels depicting Spring, Summer, Autumn and Winter. Published by F. Champenois, Paris (original edition). Each panel signed ‘Mucha’ in the print; Spring dated 1900; Summer, Autumn and Winter titled in the print with a descriptive poem for each season and bearing the printer’s mark ‘F. Champenois’ in the lower margin. Presented in an oak frame.
Each panel: approx. 72 x 32 cm
Frame: 105.5 x 215 cm
(A small tear of 3 cm and sun damage on the ‘Winter’ panel; minor foxing on the ‘Spring’ panel)
- Deauville Auctions, sale of 5 April 2015, lot 58.
- Acquired at this auction by the current owner.
- Jack Rennert and Alain Weill, “Alphonse Mucha: All the Posters and Panels”, Henri Veyrier, Paris 1984, work listed under no. 74, variant 1 – The Seasons 1900 – p. 270; the Winter panel is reproduced on p. 271.