Clio, 1900

Not on View

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

Dimensions

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

Credit Line

Purchased for the Virginia and Ira Jackson Collection

Catalogue Raisonné

Bridges 1980, no. L25

Accession Number

2016.99.1

Artists / Makers

Alphonse Marie Mucha (artist) Czech, 1860 - 1939

Anatole France (author) French, 1844 - 1924

Marius Michel (bookbinder) French, 1846-1925

Image Use

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Marks and Labels

on front free endpaper, bookplate of Louis Barthou

Provenance

Louis Barthou (1862-1934), French (bookplate). (Sims Reed, London); Purchased 2016 by NGA.

Associated Names

Barthou, Louis
Sims Reed Limited

Bibliography

1980: Bridges, Ann. Alphonse Mucha: the complete graphic works. New York, 1980: no. L25.