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Alphonse Mucha Têtes Byzantines (Rennert/Weill 40, Variant 1), 1897 Lithograph in colors on wove paper Each 20 3/4 x 14 1/2 inches Each sheet 22 x 15 3/4 inches Provenance: Private Collection, Long Island From his very first poster for Gismonda (1894), Mucha's graphic work was marked by Byzantine influences and styles. Mucha regarded Byzantine civilization as the spiritual home of Slavic culture. In his style he incorporated a variety of decorative motifs inspired by Byzantine art, such as mosaic works, icons, sumptuous costumes and accessories. In visually extolling the splendors of ancient Byzantium, Mucha relied on the use of gold and bronze colors, created sumptuous and intricate designs for the jewelry depicted in his images, employed mosaic or mosaic-style decorative elements in many of his works, and elevated his subjects to iconic status by using halos. Anointing these two profiles as "têtes byzantines" confirms his adherence to this impressive influence. These two decorative panels were among the most successful ever published by Champenois, and the printer issued them in many variations. Intended to hang facing each other, the blonde and brunette have cascading hair that bursts through the halos behind them, tantalizingly breaking through Mucha's trademark, mystical circle. With this device, it is as if Mucha’s unreachable beauties have broken the magic border between themselves and their admirers and suggest the possibility that they might, perhaps, meet. The precise yet delicate outlining of their faces is a tour-de-force of design, made even stronger by placing the profiles against a background of geometric, almost floral designs, and Mucha pays extraordinary attention to the detail of the jewelry. It was on the basis of these highly detailed designs that Parisian jeweler Georges Fouquet decided to enlist the help of Mucha for his collection for the 1900 Exposition Universelle. These were also reproduced or used as part of the artwork on numerous other occasions. For example, they were embossed in color on a program for a performance at the Buffalo Club of Buffalo, New York, held as a part of the Pre-Pan American Exposition Night on December 15, 1900. Less elaborate reproductions appeared on other printed matter, from postcards to menus and letterheads. And even as late as 1983, souvenir hunters in West Germany found the Byzantine heads...

Although born in Livorno, Italy, Cappiello spent most of his adult life in Paris where he became one of the most successful and prolific posterists of all time (he created more than 1000). His style is intimately bound up with the rise of modern advertising...

In 2011, a retrospective of Johan Thorn Prikker revealed a multi-talented and complex genius who became a pioneer of Modernism in Holland and Germany. Trained in the Arts and Crafts, Symbolist and Art Nouveau traditions, he quickly branched out to Modernist designs in mosaics, ceramics, stained glass, architecture, painting and printing. This poster marks the beginning of the artist's most prolific period, when he moved to Krefeld Germany and took German citizenship. Working as an art professor there, he created this extraordinary poster for a Dutch design exhibition at the Kaiser Wilhelm Museum. It is one of the earliest Modernist poster...

This fine print appears to be from a series of designs for all the members of the Ivy League, but to date only Yale and Princeton have surfaced. It features Yale’s bulldog mascot...

Portrait of Philip Andreevich Malavin.1879.Paper, lithography, 32x23 cm with minor defects. Leon Bakst. (1866-1924)

Alphonse MUCHA (1860-1939) Belle-Epoque Woman with a Beer, 1899 Original Lithograph Printed signature in the plate Published in "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche" Authenticated by the blind stamp of the editor bottom right. On vellum 40 x 29 cm (c. 15.7 x 11.4") INFORMATION: Plate 182 of "Les Maîtres de l'Affiche", Paris, 1899 by l'Imprimerie Chaix. This image was created for the advertisement for the "Bières de la Meuse...

Marching on a Butterbur Leaf

An elegant original lithograph for an exhibition in Amsterdam in 1917 for the Association of Austrian-Hungarian war painters, sculptors, and their guests, depicting a statue of the Greek warrior goddess Pallas Athena wielding a shield with an image of the head of Medusa against flames. This is one of many public art exhibitions across the continent that functioned as propaganda during World War I. Painter, engraver, and commercial artist Karl Sterrer...

An elegant original poster for a Swiss-style jewelry shop and manufacturer in France specializing in wedding rings, watches and other jewelry. The enterprising operation touts its ca...

Limited edition lithograph on Arches paper from edition of 2,000 of "La Revue Blanche" by Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. Reproduction reissued in 1974....

Paper Size: 11.5 x 8.25 inches ( 29.21 x 20.955 cm ) Image Size: 7.5 x 5 inches ( 19.05 x 12.7 cm ) Framed: No Condition: A: Mint Additional Details: First printing lithograph...

'Babylone d'Allemagne' or 'German Babylon' is an original lithograph poster by the lauded artist of the Art Nouveau style Henri de Toulouse-Lautrec. This is the second poster that La...