(Eibenschütz 1860–1939 Prag)
“Documents Décoratifs”, 1902, portfolio with 72 plates partly in colour on firm wove paper, with the preface by Gabriel Mourey, published by Librairie Centrale des Beaux-Arts/Paris, the portfolio cover and the titlepage with an Art Nouveau lable of the bookseller J. M. Fabre/Barcelona, sheet size each approximately 45.8 x 33.5 cm, in original half cloth portfolio, condition of the plates varies, the portfolio cover and spine with abrasions, staining and wear, (72)

Complete copies are rare.
Provenance:
Private collection, Germany

With this portfolio Mucha shows himself at the height of his artistic work. With graphic virtuosity and originality, he presents the entire breadth of his artistic work in decorative and applied arts.

“Art de charme et de grâce, de dèlicatesse et d’amour… l‘art de M. Mucha á la séduction de ces mélopées asiatiques dont le rythme, très simple et très complexe á la fois, caresse, enivre; cela est ardent, cela est coloré, cela est subtil et fiévreux et l’on souhaiterait mourir sous l’étreinte de ces harmonies.”

“Art of charm and grace, delicacy and love… The art of M. Mucha has the seduction of these Asian chants, whose rhythm, very simple and at the same time very complex, caresses, intoxicates; It’s fiery, it’s colorful, it’s subtle and feverish, and we want to die under the embrace of these harmonies.”

Gabriel Mourey, from the preface to Documents décoratifs.