Clio

1900

Alphonse Marie Mucha

Artist, Czech, 1860 - 1939

Anatole France

Author, French, 1844 - 1924

Marius Michel

Bookbinder, French, 1846-1925

Media Options

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Artwork overview

  • 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

  • Credit Line

    Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

  • Dimensions

    book: 20.5 × 14.8 × 2 cm (8 1/16 × 5 13/16 × 13/16 in.)

  • Accession

    2016.99.1

  • 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


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