ALPHONSE MARIA MUCHA (1860-1939)

La Reine des Pyrenees. Affiche publicitaire lithographiee. Condition AVers 1895. Dimensions: 73,5 x 105 cm Condition ACirca 1895. Dimensions 29 x 41 1/3 in L'histoire de cette affiche que nous vous presentons est insolite et inhabituelle dans l'oeuvre de Mucha. En effet celle-ci avant d'etre attribuee a Mucha a ete attribuee a Grasset ou encore a Tamagno. Seule une esquisse preliminaire retrouvee lors de la succession de Mucha aura departage les avis contraires et donne la paternite definitive de l'oeuvre a Mucha. The story behind this poster is unusual and unaccustomed for Mucha's work as it was first thought to be the work of Grasset or Tomagno, however a preliminary sketch discovered on the occasion of Mucha's succession finally proved that it was actually the work of Mucha.