Clio
1900
Artist, Czech, 1860 - 1939
Author, French, 1844 - 1924
Bookbinder, French, 1846-1925

Artwork overview
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Medium
bound volume with 42 wood-engraved illustrations on China paper, including illustrated title heightened with gold metallic paint, 1 title with vignette, 12 color engravings (7 full-page), and a lower cover device. The cover and 12 illustrations are each present in 3 states, as a monochrome, in color, and as published; the vignette for the lower cover is present in 2 states
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Credit Line
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Dimensions
book: 20.5 × 14.8 × 2 cm (8 1/16 × 5 13/16 × 13/16 in.)
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Accession
2016.99.1
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Catalogue Raisonné
Bridges 1980, no. L25
Artwork history & notes
Provenance
Louis Barthou (1862-1934), French (bookplate). (Sims Reed, London); Purchased 2016 by NGA.
Associated Names
Bibliography
1980
Bridges, Ann. Alphonse Mucha: the complete graphic works. New York, 1980: no. L25.
Markings
on front free endpaper, bookplate of Louis Barthou