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Société Populaire des Beaux-Arts

Poster
ca. 1897 (made)
Artist/Maker
Mucha, Alphonse (artist)
Place of origin
France (made)

'Société Populaire des Beaux-Arts'; Poster, advertising lectures illustrated by slide; Colour lithograph print on paper; Signed 'Mucha'.


Object details

Categories
Prints
Posters
Object type
Poster
TitleSociété Populaire des Beaux-Arts
Materials and techniques
colour lithograph print on paper
Paper
Colour Lithograph
Brief description
'Société Populaire des Beaux-Arts'; Poster, advertising lectures illustrated by slide; Colour lithograph print on paper; Signed 'Mucha'; c.1897
Physical description
'Société Populaire des Beaux-Arts'; Poster, advertising lectures illustrated by slide; Colour lithograph print on paper; Signed 'Mucha'.
Dimensions
  • Taken from ' victoria & albert museum department of prints and drawings and department of paintings accessions 1966' published by hmso 1967 length: 60cm
  • Taken from ' victoria & albert museum department of prints and drawings and department of paintings accessions 1966' published by hmso 1967 width: 43.5cm
Marks and inscriptions
'Mucha' (Signed)
Credit line
Given by Mr. James Byam Shaw
Object history
The same state of this poster with the publisher's name overprinted by the gold background, is reproduced on p.73 (No.607) of Die Jugend der Plakate by Paul Wember, Krefeld, 1961. A drawing in the possession of the artist's son, on which the poster was based, was shown in the exhibition 'Art Nouveau and Alphonse Mucha', held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, May to August 1963.
Bibliographic reference
Victoria and Albert Museum Department of Prints and Drawings and Department of Paintings Accessions 1966 pub. HMSO 1967
Collection
Prints, Drawings & Paintings Collection
Accession number
E.989-1966

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Record createdJune 30, 2009
Record URL
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