Alphonse Mucha (Eibenschütz 1860-1939 Prague), four-part screen "Times of the Day": "Nightly Rest", "Evening Reverie", "Daytime Dash" and "Morning Awakening",1899
Alphonse Mucha (Eibenschütz 1860-1939 Prague), four-part screen "Times of the Day": "Nightly Rest", "Evening Reverie", "Daytime Dash" and "Morning Awakening",1899
mahogany, red-brown stained, curved formal canon, with openwork decoration of floral motifs and arabesques; four coloured textile prints mounted on olive-green velvet; The four female figures were thus described in 1900: "The borders are worked out in such an exquisite pattern that each picture appears to be mounted in an elaborate frame of its own." The screen had been professionally restored and shows minor signs of age and use; marked four times with artist’s signature Mucha; height 157.9 cm, width 170 cm. (MP)
Literature:
Abel Fulcran, Cesar Fabre, Le Mois Litteraire et Pittoresque, no. 17, May 1900, pp. 579, 598; Alphonse Mucha, The Complete Graphic Works, pp. 32, no. P28-P31.
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
30.05.2018 - 15:00
- Realized price: **
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EUR 22,500.-
- Estimate:
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EUR 12,000.- to EUR 18,000.-
Alphonse Mucha (Eibenschütz 1860-1939 Prague), four-part screen "Times of the Day": "Nightly Rest", "Evening Reverie", "Daytime Dash" and "Morning Awakening",1899
mahogany, red-brown stained, curved formal canon, with openwork decoration of floral motifs and arabesques; four coloured textile prints mounted on olive-green velvet; The four female figures were thus described in 1900: "The borders are worked out in such an exquisite pattern that each picture appears to be mounted in an elaborate frame of its own." The screen had been professionally restored and shows minor signs of age and use; marked four times with artist’s signature Mucha; height 157.9 cm, width 170 cm. (MP)
Literature:
Abel Fulcran, Cesar Fabre, Le Mois Litteraire et Pittoresque, no. 17, May 1900, pp. 579, 598; Alphonse Mucha, The Complete Graphic Works, pp. 32, no. P28-P31.
Specialist: Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
Dr. Magda Pfabigan, M.A.
+43-1-515 60-383
magda.pfabigan@dorotheum.at
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| Auction: | Jugendstil and 20th Century Arts and Crafts |
| Auction type: | Saleroom auction |
| Date: | 30.05.2018 - 15:00 |
| Location: | Vienna | Palais Dorotheum |
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